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The Character of the Manager

From Office Executive to Wise Steward

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  • © 2013

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  1. Gregory R. Beabout

    1. Saint Louis University, USA

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Part of the book series: Humanism in Business Series (HUBUS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-9

  3. The Dreams of Future Managers

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    Pages 10-21

  4. Moral Philosophy and the Manager

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    Pages 22-32

  5. MacIntyre, Our Gadfly

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    Pages 33-42

  6. The Manager as Office Executive: Emotivism Embodied in a Character

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    Pages 43-58

  7. Strengths and Weaknesses of Treating the Manager as a Stock Character

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    Pages 59-71

  8. Plot and Perspective: Character Traits and Their Cultivation

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    Pages 72-84

  9. The Setting: Institutional Social Structures, Success, and Excellence

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    Pages 85-98

  10. MacIntyre against the Manager

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    Pages 99-110

  11. The Virtuous Manager, the Art of Character, and Business Humanities

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    Pages 111-123

  12. Character Transformation in the Friendship of Readers and Writers

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    Pages 124-134

  13. Transforming the Character of the Moral Philosopher

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    Pages 135-145

  14. Transforming Character: The Manager and the Aesthete

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    Pages 146-157

  15. Transforming the Character of the Rhetorician

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    Pages 158-170

  16. The Manager as Wise Steward: Activities, Practice, and Virtue

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    Pages 171-183

  17. Management Is a Domain-Relative Practice

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    Pages 184-195

  18. The Dispositions of the Wise Steward and the Parts of Practical Wisdom

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    Pages 196-210

  19. Conclusion

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    Pages 211-216

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 217-269
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Explores Alasdair MacIntyre's criticisms of the manager and retrieves an interdisciplinary approach to character transforming arguments. The manager as wise steward is proposed as a model for virtuous management.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Saint Louis University, USA

    Gregory R. Beabout

About the author

Gregory R. Beabout is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, USA. He teaches and does research in virtue ethics, the history of philosophy, and personalism. His books, as author or co-author, include Freedom and Its Misuses, Beyond Self-Interest, and Applied Professional Ethics.

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