| Description |
xvii, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: Reinventing Corporate Spirit -- Introduction: Business Excellence and the Human Quest -- Pt. I. Truth. 1. The Intellectual Dimension at Work. 2. Truth and Lies. 3. The Truth About Excellence: A Powerful Idea -- Pt. II. Beauty. 4. The Aesthetic Dimension at Work. 5. Creativity and the Meaning of Life. 6. The Beauty of Business -- Pt. III. Goodness. 7. The Moral Dimension at Work. 8. The Challenge of Ethical Action. 9. Wisdom, Virtue, and Corporate Strength -- Pt. IV. Unity. 10. The Spiritual Dimension at Work. 11. Uniqueness and Union. 12. Usefulness and Understanding -- Epilogue: Creating Corporate Excellence |
| Summary |
Morris makes it clear that the most successful companies encourage a corporate culture that ensures that all interactions among colleagues, employees, bosses, clients, customers, and suppliers are infused with dignity and humanity. Moreover, the book provides clearly stated strategies for how everyone who works can make these qualities the foundation for their everyday business (and personal) lives |
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In If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge that he has garnered from a lifetime of studying the writings and teachings of history's wisest thinkers and shows how to apply their ideas in today's business environment. Although he frequently draws on the wisdom of Aristotle, Morris also finds inspiration in the teachings of a wide array of thinkers from many different traditions and eras. Throughout these pages we're invited to pause and consider the words of Confucius, Seneca, Saint Augustine, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Abraham Lincoln, and many others |
| Subject |
Management -- Philosophy.
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Work -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
97000204 |
| ISBN |
0805052526 (alk. paper) |
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