Tom Morris

If Aristotle Ran General Motors (eBook, ePUB)

The New Soul of Business

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does classical philosophy have to offer modern business? Nothing less than the secrets to building great morale and productivity in any size organization.

This is the message that Tom Morris will deliver this year to thousands of executives of leading companies such as Merrill Lynch, Coca Cola, Bayer, and Northwestern Mutual Life.

In If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge that he 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.

By looking at the inside workings of various kinds of businesses-- from GE to Tom's of Maine-- Morris shows why any company that is serious about attaining true excellence must adhere to four timeless virtues first identified by Aristotle more than two thousand years ago: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and Unity. Morris makes clear that the most successful companies encourage a corporate culture that ensures that all interactions among colleagues, employees, management, 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.

If Aristotle Ran General Motors presents the most compelling case of any book yet written for a new ethics in business and for a workplace where openness and integrity are the rule rather than the exception. It offers an optimistic vision for the future of leadership and a plan for reinvigorating the soul back into our professional lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466860803
• Artikelnr.: 40147518

Autorenporträt

Tom Morris was a philosophy professor at Notre Dame for fifteen years. He is the author of True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence and chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he makes his home.