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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337802503321

Titolo

Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions : The Case of Benedictine Monasteries / / edited by Günter Müller-Stewens, Notker Wolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-13769-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 pages)

Collana

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, , 2196-7075

Disciplina

658.4092

158.4

Soggetti

Leadership

Religion and sociology

School management and organization

Organization

Planning

Business—Religious aspects

Business ethics

Business Strategy/Leadership

Social Aspects of Religion

Administration, Organization and Leadership

Faith, Spirituality and Business

Business Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores opportunities and limitations with regard to transferring knowledge and tools from the corporate world to manage monasteries or other types of religious institutions. To do so, the contributing authors analyze both the ideological and practical implications of employing modern organizational theory in the context of religious institutions, and seek to strike a balance between preserving traditions and promoting modernization. In this regard, they draw on experience gained in the course of long-standing collaborations between religious institutions, such as monasteries, and business and management schools. .