The Shame of Reason in Organizational Change A Levinassian Perspective /

• Main Author: van der Ven, Naud (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Issues in Business Ethics, 32
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Business.; Management science.; Ethics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Business and Management, general.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Many problems associated with change in organizations can be traced back to the human factor. In the past, the worker was considered merely to be ‘a pair of hands’ (Henry Ford). Today, people wish to be taken seriously, if they are, they generally perform better. However, if organizations’ only moti...