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1 online resource (161 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in Social Economics |
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Routledge advances in social economics.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Introduction; A summary of this book's aims; What is an organization?; Hierarchy, philia, market, and cooperation; In praise of biodiversity; Map; 1 Market and human relations; Market and civilization; Civil Economy; Market and cooperation: U.S. and Europe compared; 2 Care and the market; The health-care market and fraternity; Market as an opportunity to grow together; A preliminary conclusion; 3 The art of gratuity; Motivations and economic life; What are VBOs?; What is gratuity?; The straight wall |
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Agape: an old name for gratuity4 When vocation matters; How to hire Socrates?; "Get more by paying less"; When intrinsic motivations come into conflict with monetary incentives; But what exactly is a worker's "vocation"?; VBOs, incentives, and rewards; Incentives, motivations, and VBOs; Incentives or awards (premi)?; 5 Facing crises; Exit and voice; The civil value of (good) voice; 6 All equal, all different; Critical mass; Prophetic minorities and imitators; When motivated minorities are really important; Some possible scenarios (and some notes of caution for managers); 7 The nature of voice |
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"Good" and "bad" voiceLoyalty; The important dialogue inside the organization; The art of governance; 8 Semantics of the relationships within a VBO: organizations as networks; Introduction; Types of network; 9 Conclusion: Vulnerability as a human paradigm; Appendix 1: Cooperation and diversity; The repeated dynamic game; The evolutionary analysis; In a four-dimensional world; Some simulations; Conclusions; Appendix 2: Mathematical appendix; Proof of proposition 1; Proof of proposition 2; Proof of proposition 3; References; Index |
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This book looks at the governance of values-based organizations (VBOs), which are organizations with a mission and identity based on ideals. Examples of VBOs include non-profit organizations, charities, NGOs, environmental, educational or cultural organizations, and social enterprises. The main objective of any VBO is to evolve and grow without losing its identity, which its survival is linked to in the medium and long terms. The focus of this book is the study of the relational and motivational dynamics during identity crisis, using critical mass models and Hirschman's ""exit and voi |
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Print version record |
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Business ethics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Business ethics
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Smerilli, Alessandra
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| ISBN |
9781317703600 |
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131770360X |
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