St. Benedict's rule for business success / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
Publisher: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xv, 128 pages : illustration ; 19 cmISBN:- 9781557533937
- 1557533938
- 1557532540
- 9781557532541
- Saint Benedict's rule for business success
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | HF5388 SKR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42367792 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128)
Introductio -- The rule of Benedict -- Community as organization -- Opus Dei : work and the human spirit -- Leadership and the rule -- Benedictine keys to effective organization -- Benedictine art of management -- Benedictine learning organization -- Benedictine quality -- The larger community -- Building and implementing a Benedictine organization -- Appendix. Chapter headings in Benedict'srRule -- The Benedictine reader.
"St. Benedict created a Rule to organize the monastic community over 1,500 years ago. Its succinct brilliance offers entrepreneurs and managers timeless, culturally correct insights into Western organizations and employees by focusing on issues of employee empowerment, scientific management, and cooperative advantage. Applying the Rule of St. Benedict can create and maintain effective organizaions, while "...while allowing an outlet for individual performance within the framework of team goals." St Benedicts rule for business success is a must read for anyone in a position to influence their organization's productivity, culture, and overall success"--Page 4 of cover.
English.