Restoring the Human Side of Business

Download IESE Insight magazine (Issue 13, Q2 2012) about stripping away the mechanistic view of management and humanizing the firm once again.

• IESE’s Rafael Andreu & Josep M. Rosanas present their Manifesto for Better Management, with seven recommendations to move us toward a more humanistic model.
• Claudia Peus (TUM School of Management) considers the humanistic leadership principles underpinning successful organizations, and offers guidelines for managers on the factors that are hugely important for managing organizational change initiatives effectively.
• Michael Pirson (Fordham University) & Shann Turnbull (International Institute for Self-Governance) propose the adoption of network governance, which they say would prevent power abuse and allow for greater cooperation among all stakeholders.

Also in this magazine:

• Miguel Cantillo discusses what companies like Facebook can hope to gain from going public.
• Marta Elvira, Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma & Nuria Mas identify best practices and business opportunities in the management of care services to cope with the aging populations of industrialized countries.

Plus: Antonio Urcelay, president of Toys R Us Europe, discusses the challenges of his sector, including outsourcing to China, the rise of emerging markets, e-commerce, and the role and responsibility of management.

A case study on Kola Real considers the Latin American cola maker’s chances of becoming a top multinational in a soft-drink market dominated by Coca-Cola.

And finally, David McNeill of Transport for London talks about the logistics of moving millions of visitors during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.