Corporate Spirit

Author : Amanda Porterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199372675
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Spirit written by Amanda Porterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield explores the long intertwining of religion and commerce in the history of incorporation in the United States. Beginning with the antecedents of that history in western Europe, she focuses on organizations to show how corporate strategies in religion and commerce developed symbiotically, and how religion has influenced the corporate structuring and commercial orientation of American society. Porterfield begins her story in ancient Rome. She traces the development of corporate organization through medieval Europe and Elizabethan England and then to colonial North America, where organizational practices derived from religion infiltrated commerce, and commerce led to political independence. Left more to their own devices than under British law, religious groups in the United States experienced unprecedented autonomy that facilitated new forms of communal governance and new means of broadcasting their messages. As commercial enterprise expanded, religious organizations grew apace, helping many Americans absorb the shocks of economic turbulence, and promoting new conceptions of faith, spirit, and will power that contributed to business. Porterfield highlights the role that American religious institutions played a society increasingly dominated by commercial incorporation and free market ideologies. She also shows how charitable impulses long nurtured by religion continued to stimulate reform and demand for accountability.

Author : Amanda Porterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199372659
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Spirit written by Amanda Porterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield explores the long intertwining of religion and commerce in the history of incorporation in the United States. Beginning with the antecedents of that history in western Europe, she focuses on organizations to show how corporate strategies in religion and commerce developed symbiotically, and how religion has influenced the corporate structuring and commercial orientation of American society. Porterfield begins her story in ancient Rome. She traces the development of corporate organization through medieval Europe and Elizabethan England and then to colonial North America, where organizational practices derived from religion infiltrated commerce, and commerce led to political independence. Left more to their own devices than under British law, religious groups in the United States experienced unprecedented autonomy that facilitated new forms of communal governance and new means of broadcasting their messages. As commercial enterprise expanded, religious organizations grew apace, helping many Americans absorb the shocks of economic turbulence, and promoting new conceptions of faith, spirit, and will power that contributed to business. Porterfield highlights the role that American religious institutions played a society increasingly dominated by commercial incorporation and free market ideologies. She also shows how charitable impulses long nurtured by religion continued to stimulate reform and demand for accountability.

Author : Lawrence M. Miller
Publisher : New York : W. Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Spirit written by Lawrence M. Miller and published by New York : W. Morrow. This book was released on 1984 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the new values, visions, and spirit that are arising in the American corporation. It is not concerned merely with the techniques of the new management, it is concerned with its soul. Eight primary values are identified with this new management in part one. Part two presents a model for creating strategic and tactical changes to build the new corporate culture.

Author : Donald R. Katz
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Do it written by Donald R. Katz and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1994 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning author penetrates Nike--a company of the future, a dream machine that seeks to redefine culture through the power of sports--to provide this portrait of Phil Knight, who pioneered the company from a two-man operation into a four billion-dollar corporation.

Author : Corine Védrine
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319966103
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Capitalism According to the Michelin Company written by Corine Védrine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France is inextricably linked to the global tire company Michelin—not only by the industrial, social, and economic realities that tie employees to employer, but also by a multi-generational, regional belief in the company’s entrepreneurial mythos, the so-called “Michelin spirit.” Since the 1980s, transformations in capitalist systems have challenged the Michelin ideology: the end of corporate paternalism, the reduction of the work force, and a new wave of managers have left employees in the region feeling the sting of abandonment. Even in the face of these significant changes, however, the ethnographic enquiry at the heart of this book testifies to the enduring strength of the “spirit of capitalism”: even as the bonds between employees, companies, and their regions are undergoing significant transformation, entrepreneurial myths endure—in part in fear of the end of a secure, organizing structure.

Author : Alan Cohen
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401953360
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit Means Business written by Alan Cohen and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved author and teacher Alan Cohen (A Course in Miracles Made Easy) uses his insightful spin on spiritual wisdom to show that we can enjoy significant career and financial success and be true to our passion and soul's calling. Can you create material success and keep your spirit alive? Is it possible to combine prosperity with purpose and passion? Can you sell your product without losing your soul? Expert coach and beloved teacher Alan Cohen demonstrates the answer is yes. In Spirit Means Business, he identifies--and then dismantles--the 10 primary illusions that keep us from connecting spirituality and prosperity. To name a few: If you want to succeed, you have to suffer first There's only so much to go around Competition is healthy and necessary To do well in your work, you must give up your life In each case, Alan shows us how to replace the illusion with a higher truth, using principles that always work when we apply them consciously. You'll learn from down-to-earth examples of individuals who have combined soul and success, and you'll find crisp, clear formulas to bridge the gaps and surmount the hurdles along the way. Drawing on wisdom sources from the Tao Te Ching to A Course in Miracles, as well as stories from Alan's clients and his own life, this book will help you navigate a spiritually sound path to the success you desire.

Author : Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Life in Ancient India written by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C. Peter Wagner
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441269029
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom from the Religious Spirit written by C. Peter Wagner and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed of archaic traditions and obsolete practices, and masterminded by the enemy of our souls, the spirit of religion seeks to keep individual believers and the corporate church stagnant and unaware of the call of the Holy Spirit for change. We witnessed the spirit of religion when the Pharisees failed to recognize the coming of the Christ. Today, the spirit of religion can be so subtle that we are unaware of its impact, instead being deceived into believing that God is directing us. Only when we recognize the hold that this counterfeit religion has over Christianity can we be freed to experience the transformation of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in the heart of the church. Join C. Peter Wagner and other dynamic Christian leaders as they unveil the dark influence of the spirit of religion.

Author : James Dennis LoRusso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350006254
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirituality, Corporate Culture, and American Business written by James Dennis LoRusso and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the early twenty-first century, Americans had embraced a holistic vision of work, that one's job should be imbued with meaning and purpose, that business should serve not only stockholders but also the common good, and that, for many, should attend to the “spiritual” health of individuals and society alike. While many voices celebrate efforts to introduce “spirituality in the workplace” as a recent innovation that holds the potential to positively transform business and the American workplace, James Dennis LoRusso argues that workplace spirituality is in fact more closely aligned with neoliberal ideologies that serve the interests of private wealth and undermine the power of working people. LoRusso traces how this new moral language of business emerged as part of the larger shift away from the post-New Deal welfare state towards today's global market-oriented social order. Building on other studies that emphasize the link between American religious conservatism and the rise of global capitalism, LoRusso shows how progressive “spirituality” remains a vital part of this story as well. Drawing on cultural history as well as case studies from New York City and San Francisco of businesses and leading advocates of workplace spirituality, this book argues that religion reveals much about work, corporate culture, and business in contemporary America.

Author : Robert D. Hisrich
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071766871
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Thriving Entrepreneurial Spirit Throughout Your Company written by Robert D. Hisrich and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beat the competition with INTERNAL INNOVATION If 3M’s corporate leadership hadn’t given researcher Art Fry a creative outlet, the world would never have seen the Post-it Note . . . Corporate entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, mavericks. No matter what name they go by, these innovators are the pioneering forces within an organization who spark new enterprises, products, services, and processes to combat increased global competition. Corporate Entrepreneurship shows you how to develop and grow your organization by designing the culture, structure, strategies, and policies that encourage and support internal entrepreneurial ventures. Bestselling author and world-renowned entrepreneur Robert Hisrich teams up with global management expert Claudine Kearney to provide action plans, techniques, and insights for establishing an organizational culture that allows intrapreneurs to develop the entrepreneurial ventures that will secure value and generate new growth in your company. Every day, globalization and technological advancements continue to put more of your competitors within reach of your customers. In order for your company to stay attractive and thrive, you need the proven tools and tactics in this book to: Identify, evaluate, and fund venture opportunities Recognize bright corporate entrepreneurs and create their compensation plans Create business plans that avoid failure, optimize success, and develop and sustain corporate venturing Manage the internal politics of venturing Effectively implement corporate venturing into your organization Hisrich uses illustrative examples from his experience consulting for such global companies as 3M, Alcoa, Westinghouse, Citi, and many others. Through informative, well-researched case studies, he demonstrates how his concepts help companies prosper over the long run, gain market share, and stay on the cutting edge of their potential. If your employees aren’t innovating, your company is losing its competitive edge. Use Corporate Entrepreneurship to give your mavericks what they need to keep your company on top—all over the world.