International Humanistic Management Association
protecting dignity – promoting well-being
the Humanistic framework is to understand that our objective is to balance those drives. And that the current economistic model puts acquiring at the center and that defending, bonding and comprehending are put in service of acquiring. A Humanistic model – in contrast – has all those drives – in balance.
Michael Pirson won the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division’s Best Book Award at this year’s Academy of Management Conference. He is an associate professor at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University . Dr Johanne Grosvold, Deputy Director of the Centre for Business, Organisations and Society, chaired the SIM Division’s Best Book Award Committee, and as such was privy to all the books nominated for this year’s award. It was an extremely competitive field, yet the committee was unanimous in its assessment of which book should be the winner of the award in 2018. Michael Pirson’s book Humanistic Management offers a timely and novel reminder of the importance of human dignity.
Submitted by Ben Teehankee of De La Salle University
The View From Taft
By Michael Pirson
How are you doing? How well did you sleep last night?
Being asked about your well-being and the quality of your sleep may reveal important insights for good organizing practices. If these questions are asked with authentic curiosity, the resulting insights could transform businesses. That is at least what more and more CEOs are finding out.
Not so long ago, Arianna Huffington, Read more [...]
Michael Pirson holds the James A.F. Stoner Chair for Global Sustainability at Fordham University, is Chair, Leading People and Organizations Area, and Director, Center for Humanistic Management. He is a full Professor with a focus on Global Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship. He is a research associate at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program (HFP). He co-founded the Humanistic Management Network and is founder and president of the International Humanistic Management Association. Read more [...]
