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Personal Flourishing in Organizations

Editat de Juan A. Mercado
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iul 2017
This book examines the important insights that psychology and philosophy can offer into the promotion of personal flourishing within organizations and the potential benefits that can accrue in terms of personal development, performance, goal achievement, and teamwork. The first part of the book develops a classical framework on happiness and the meaning of life, setting the stage on which significant aspects of institutional organization and its harmonization with ethics are addressed. The value of institutional ethics, flow, and mindfulness in creating a collaborative working environment that promotes self-fulfilment and enhances performance is then explored in depth, drawing on insights from contemporary psychology. Finally, concrete means of fostering personal flourishing within organizations are discussed. Here, the reader will find an evaluation of the effectiveness of coaching in promoting personal development and goal achievement as well as stimulating discussion of the interrelationship between team building, virtue, and personal flourishing. This book will be of interest to a wide range of professionals and academics within the fields of psychology and business. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319577012
ISBN-10: 3319577018
Pagini: 269
Ilustrații: XII, 195 p. 7 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Personal Flourishing Between Philosophy and Psychology.- Part I Psychology and Philosophy for the Business Firm.- How Close are Contemporary Ideas on Human Flourishing and the Classical Philosophy of Man?.- Time, Story, Corporate Self-Understanding, and Personal Accomplishment.- Creating Better Human Motivation Theories for Personal Flourishing in Organizations.- Part II Contemporary Contributions to the Comprehension of Human Activity.- Institutional Ethics as a Condition for Personal Development.- Flow: Flourishing at Work.- Mindfulness and Its Impact on Ethical Behavior in Companies.- Part III Contemporary Contributions to Fostering Personal Flourishing in Organizations.- Coaching for the Development of the Human Person: History and Anthropological Foundations.- Team Building, Virtue, and Personal Flourishing in Organizations.

Notă biografică

Juan A. Mercado Montes was born in Mexico City in 1967. He gained his MA in Philosophy at the Panamerican University (Mexico City) in 1989, for a thesis on Aristotle’s induction and in 2001 completed his PhD at the University of Navarra (Spain) with a dissertation on Hume’s philosophy of belief. He has been Full Professor of Applied Ethics at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome since 2014, having previously been Associate Professor of the History of Modern Philosophy at the university (2002–2014). In 2008 he founded the Markets, Culture, and Ethics Research Center at the university, with Martin Schlag. He is also a Visiting Professor at IPADE Business School in Mexico City.

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This book examines the important insights that psychology and philosophy can offer into the promotion of personal flourishing within organizations and the potential benefits that can accrue in terms of personal development, performance, goal achievement, and teamwork. The first part of the book develops a classical framework on happiness and the meaning of life, setting the stage on which significant aspects of institutional organization and its harmonization with ethics are addressed. The value of institutional ethics, flow, and mindfulness in creating a collaborative working environment that promotes self-fulfilment and enhances performance is then explored in depth, drawing on insights from contemporary psychology. Finally, concrete means of fostering personal flourishing within organizations are discussed. Here, the reader will find an evaluation of the effectiveness of coaching in promoting personal development and goal achievement as well as stimulating discussion of the interrelationship between team building, virtue, and personal flourishing. This book will be of interest to a wide range of professionals and academics within the fields of psychology and business. 

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Examines the insights that psychology and philosophy can offer into the promotion of personal flourishing within organizations Explains the potential benefits in terms of personal development, performance, goal achievement, and teamwork Promotes an organizational culture closer to the integral development of the person Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras