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Explores Alasdair MacIntyre's criticisms of the manager and retrieves an interdisciplinary approach to character transforming arguments. The manager as wise steward is proposed as a model for virtuous management.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gregory R. Beabout is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, USA. He teaches and does research in virtue ethics, the history of philosophy, and personalism. His books, as author or co-author, include Freedom and Its Misuses, Beyond Self-Interest, and Applied Professional Ethics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Character of the Manager
Book Subtitle: From Office Executive to Wise Steward
Authors: Gregory R. Beabout
Series Title: Humanism in Business Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137304063
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30405-6Published: 23 July 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45436-5Published: 23 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30406-3Published: 01 August 2013
Series ISSN: 2662-124X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-1258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 269
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Business Ethics, Management, Organization, Ethics, Human Resource Management