The Character of the Manager From Office Executive to Wise Steward |
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| Author:
| Beabout, Gregory |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-76425-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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The Character of the Manager is a sustained argument advancing a transformed conception of the character of the manager as wise steward. If we listen carefully to the warnings of the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, we are awakened to a series of problems raised when thinking of the manager as office executive. MacIntyre has hinted that we need a new sort of manager, but his work has not gone far enough to propose and build up a transformed manager. To take up that task, this volume...
More DescriptionThe Character of the Manager is a sustained argument advancing a transformed conception of the character of the manager as wise steward. If we listen carefully to the warnings of the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, we are awakened to a series of problems raised when thinking of the manager as office executive. MacIntyre has hinted that we need a new sort of manager, but his work has not gone far enough to propose and build up a transformed manager. To take up that task, this volume proposes a way to re-conceive both the activity of managing and the excellences of character and intellect needed to manage well. Retrieving two ancient characters, the 'steward' and the 'person of practical wisdom, ' this volume is an argument for how moral philosophy might help bring about a transformed conception of the character of the manager.