Managing with the Wisdom of Love: Uncovering Virtue in People and Organizations

by Dorothy Marcic

Make a change for the better

Why do the best-laid plans for organizational transformation go awry? In this compelling work, Dorothy Marcic tells managers that no prescribed formula is ever complete without factoring in the human side of the equation. She asks, How would the workplace change if we acknowledged that spiritual values are as important in the operations of organizations as they are in the lives of the people who work there? The answers -- garnered from real-world examples -- banish the notion that a business can't be both spiritual AND successful, and show what it means to act as a manager with virtue.

180 pages, Hardcover

First published May 9, 1997

About the author

Dorothy Marcic was for many years a professor at Vanderbilt Universitys Owen Graduate School of Management and Director of Masters and Doctoral programs in Human Resource Development. In 2000, she left her fulltime academic position at Vanderbilt to become a playwright, and her first Musical, Respect, has been seen by nearly one million people. Her Off-Broadway musical SISTAS has been playing for 8 years. Her book Managing with the Wisdom of Love was a bestselling business book, along with Understanding Management, one of the top-selling management textbooks. Her latest book is With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice. Dr. Marcic teaches Leadership at Columbia University.