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Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organization Studies
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Abstract
This chapter examines how key management theories in management and organization studies (MOS) have addressed kindness. Beginning with a definition of kindness, the chapter reviews the primary works of Frederick Taylor, Elton Mayo and Henri Fayol to surface an alternate account of MOS. ANTi-History is adopted to examine how each of these management theories present kindness providing an alternate account of MOS that predominantly focuses on efficiency and effectiveness. The chapter then re-evaluates MOS using a lens of kindness and the impact to contemporary organizations.
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Title: Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organization Studies
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Abstract
This chapter examines how key management theories in management and organization studies (MOS) have addressed kindness.
Beginning with a definition of kindness, the chapter reviews the primary works of Frederick Taylor, Elton Mayo and Henri Fayol to surface an alternate account of MOS.
ANTi-History is adopted to examine how each of these management theories present kindness providing an alternate account of MOS that predominantly focuses on efficiency and effectiveness.
The chapter then re-evaluates MOS using a lens of kindness and the impact to contemporary organizations.
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