Sunday, December 10, 2006

Main thesis of humanistic management

I tried summarizing the main ideas of humanistic management for my friend Mela Lazatin and it went like this:

The person is the most important entity in the world and therefore in any organization because Christ is in him/her. The most important purpose of any organization is to preserve the dignity and facilitate the integral human development of every person. Therefore, a manager should be a strategist for human development.

People are social by nature and attain their full potential in ass
ociation with each other. A manager should be a community builder.

Therefore, work that is humane and which creates socially useful services/products is essential to human growth. A manager should be a designer of humane work in the service of society.

Unfortunately, in the absence of humane managers, organizations begin to be centers of power struggles and personal interest. Indignities are tolerated and even multiplied, wittingly or otherwise. Work becomes unduly burdensome and makes people lose balance in their lives -- even leading to health damage for many. Work atmospheres become characterized by low trust, poor communication and alienation. Products and services produced are often not socially useful, if not actually damaging to people's character or bodies.
We need more humanistic managers.


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