The Intent of Business : Organizing for a More Sustainable Future.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Historical Perspective -- The Baconian Mindset -- Cartesian Influence -- Newton's Popular Mechanics -- Toward an Order of Society and a Theory of Political Economy -- 2 Practicing the Philosophy -- The Seed of a Business -- Building the Organization -- Controlling by Results -- Focus of Attention -- Cascading Goals -- A Measure for Performance Control -- Playing up Selfish Passion -- Good Times Roll until the Limit is Reached -- Exacting a Measure of Accountability -- A Cost-Cutting Tool -- Misplaced Concreteness -- Exhorting Teamwork -- 3 The Effects are Personal -- System Informs Action -- The Economy is a Social System -- Feeding the Ego, not the Person -- Adapted and Commoditized -- In Service to the System -- 4 On Being Human -- Biological Being -- Social Being -- Intelligent Being -- Being Reality -- Self-Aware Being -- Spiritual Being -- Responsible Being -- Fearful Being -- Egocentric Being -- Evolving Being -- Holarchical Being -- 5 Prelude to Change -- Mathematics and Objectivity -- Emergence of a New Science -- Nature's Vibratory Nature -- Both Art and Science -- 6 The Essential Changes -- A More Encompassing Intent -- Not Growth but Progress -- Measuring the System -- A Change of Self -- 7 An Energic Perspective -- Energy Matters -- Flow of Things -- A Holarchy of Systems of Energy -- Energy in Evolution -- Ecological Responsibility -- Life's Energy as Consciousness -- Ecology of Development -- Energy Flow for Development -- Entropy and Egoism -- Ecology of Economic Activity -- 8 Organizing and Managing for Viability -- The Relationship - Nature, Humankind, Society and the Organization -- Bringing about Order -- Quality Challenges for a New Order -- The Materialist Mechanistic Order -- Affirming Position or Life.

Organization as Social Holon -- Integrate Means and Meaning -- Joy in Work -- Vision - Contextualizing Theme for Meaning -- Commitment is Critical -- Organizing Principles -- Connecting Vision, Mission and Strategy -- Re-Thinking Management's Role -- The Will to Change -- A Few Facilitative Questions -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index.

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