How to Grow Towards a Higher Organizational Purpose

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In the past, quite a lot of senior executives, especially those with an Anglo-American business education background, had an economic view of the purpose of any firm. They believed that is the (only) thing that matters. They typically viewed employees as self-interested agents who needed to be controlled by strict, hierarchical processes and procedures. Other people thought that perhaps a was better. In such perspective, companies are seen as networks of parties and people working together towards a shared goal and not merely as 'economic machines'. In any stakeholder value approach, employees are a dominant or even strategic stakeholder, along with the shareholders. Following the arrival of the internet and fast-changing , hierarchical organizations are less and less 'en vogue', and (also called employee engagement) is more important than ever. Quinn and Thakor (2018) make a case that only highly motivated and engaged knowledge workers can bring the high levels of innovativenes (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Envision a Social Purpose Jorge Sanint, Consultant, Congo
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		Purpose Must be Defined Outside-In john mortimer, Business Consultant, United Kingdom
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		Definition of a Higher Purpose Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa
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		Definition of Purpose by the Customers Soraya Arteaga, Canada
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		Enhancement of Stakeholders Economic Benefit is Always an Implied Agenda in Organizations C.L. Kappagomtula, Professor, Malaysia
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		How to Grow Towards a Higher Organizational Purpose Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa
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		Discussion Focus: HOW to Move to a Higher Organizational Purpose Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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		The 'Buy In' for Change S. Lago, Business Consultant, Canada
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		Keys to Achieving a New Organizational Purpose Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India
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		How to Grow Towards a Higher Organizational Purpose Seen from Quantum Theory of Physics? Prof. Arup Barman, Professor, India
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		How to Grow Towards a Higher Organizational Purpose Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa
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		Identifying your Organisation's Higher Purpose Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom
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		How to Pursue a Dual Financial + Social Purpose Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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