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Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions, 1st ed. 2019
The Case of Benedictine Monasteries
CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance Series
Coordinators: Müller-Stewens Günter, Wolf Notker
Language: EnglishSubjects for Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions:
Publication date: 08-2020
149 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 06-2019
149 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Part I Managing in a Monastic Context.- A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the ‘Oikonomia’ of a Monastery.- Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations.- Management of Monasteries: A Field Report.- Sustainability for Centuries: Monastic Governance of Austrian Benedictine Abbeys.- Leadership Training in the Monastic Context: Experiences and Future Challenges.- Part II Leadership Development: Lessons Learned from the LRB Course.- Strategy Making: Providing Orientation and Sense.- Can Monasteries Learn from Modern Organizational Theory?.- Leadership in Monasteries.- Walking the Tightrope Between Change and Tradition: Lessons on Managing Projects in Benedictine Contexts.- Reflections on the Impact of the Leadership Training.- Part III Future Challenges.- Leadership Needs in Global Diversity: The Missionary Benedictines.- “Women Usually Ended Up Second Class”: Remarks from an International Women’s Perspective.- Observations of a Missionary Benedictine from Rome
Shows the potential and limitations of managerial approaches for religious and non-profit organizations
Combines research from experts of management science and religious institutions
Provides data and case studies of long-term cooperation between monastaries and management schools