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- Title
Management, Theology and Moral Points of View: Towards an Alternative to the Conventional Materialist-Individualist Ideal-Type of Management.
- Authors
Dyck, Bruno; Schroeder, David
- Abstract
Weber's (1958) argument suggests that there are four ideal-types of management, and that conventional management is underpinned by a moral point-of-view associated with a secularized Protestant Ethic, which can be characterized by its relatively high emphasis on materialism (e.g. productivity, efficiency and profitability) and individualism (e.g. competitiveness). Weber calls on management scholars and practitioners to become aware of their own moral points-of-view, and to develop management theory and practice that de-emphasizes materialism and individualism. Our paper responds to this challenge, as we draw from an Anabaptist-Mennonite moral point-of-view to develop a radical ideal-type of management that is characterized by its emphasis on servant leadership, stakeholding, job crafting and sustaincentrism. Implications for management theory and practice are discussed.
- Subjects
LEADERSHIP ethics; MANAGEMENT styles; MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS ethics; PROTESTANT work ethic; MATERIALISM; INDIVIDUALISM; RELIGIOUS ethics; ANABAPTISTS; MENNONITES; STAKEHOLDERS; RELIGION
- Publication
Journal of Management Studies (Wiley-Blackwell), 2005, Vol 42, Issue 4, p705
- ISSN
0022-2380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00516.x