A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America
Subtitle: A Hard Look at Spirituality, Religion, and Values in the Workplace (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: October 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780787946661
Subjects: Office & workplace; Religion: general; Social issues; Religious aspects; Executive Management; Sociology Of Religion; Spirituality - General; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Quality of work life; Business/Economics; USA; Management - General; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics-Entrepreneurship; Conduct of life; Religion-Spirituality - General; Work; Motivational; Business; Moral and ethical aspects
First sentence: As much and as surely as we are physical beings, we are also spiritual beings.
Description: "With this book, Mitroff and Denton become the first researchers to offer hard, scientific data regarding the effect of spirituality - or the lack of it - on corporate America, that is, on the performance of organizations and executives at large. Their "spiritual audit" is based on surveys and interviews with over two hundred leaders of organizations including the YMCA, Tom's of Maine, Ben & Jerry's, and Alcoholics Anonymous.

It identifies those beliefs to which employees are most committed and to what degree they are being met on the job.".

"What the authors found is that spirituality is one of the most important determinants of organizational performance. People who are more spiritually involved achieve better results. In fact, spirituality may well be the ultimate competitive advantage.

Recounting the best practices of organizations that have learned to harness the power of spiritual energy, they show managers, executives, and organization designers how to establish policies and procedures that accommodate spirituality and leverage it as a powerful force for positive change."--BOOK JACKET.