Article Review: Humanistic Management, Leadership, and Ethics

This assignment is an article review that examines the concept of humanistic management, exploring its etymological origins and its evolution from a focus on motivation to an emphasis on organizational culture and business ethics. The review discusses the importance of virtue ethics and the challen...Read More

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Article review on organization theory
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Main points and arguments of the author
According to Melé, (2003), etymological origin of the concept of humanism lies in
‘humanitus’, which catered to the common needs and fulfilment through the means of virtue.
20th century was the era when humanistic management was initiated with the aim on
motivation. Modifications to this concept was made in the 80s, which aimed towards
organizational culture. This modification created a heavy impact on culture and its
application into behaviour and decision making. An emergent approach to the concept is that
of the personalization of business enterprise. Melé, (2003) is of the view that this
personalization supported the promotion of unity through the preference of virtues and ethics.
In the present business context, management of the human virtues is a challenge in terms of
enhancing the individualism through the preservation of culture.
Opinion on course related terminology
I think the inclusion of Christian social teaching in the article enhances the
awareness of the religious issues governing the social constructs in the postmodern age.
According to my opinions, humanizing business is an initiative towards simplifying the
fundamental business mechanisms for providing a better understanding to the public domain.
I feel that humanistic management is needed in the present business context for developing
crucial strategies on the ways and means of preserving the cultural context. According to my
opinions, virtue ethics is an essential concepts, which needs to be included in the strategic
management of the businesses for controlling the workplace behaviour. Considering the
arguments of Melé, (2003), I also feel that organizational culture is a vital concept, which
determines the brand loyalty. My viewpoints supports scientific management theories, which
occupy an important position in enhancing the corporate governance of the businesses.
Relation of the article with the experience of current job in public or non-profit sector

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Melé, (2003) is of the view that humanistic management is a challenge in the current
business context. However, my viewpoints oppose the arguments of Mele in terms of the
leadership, which helps me to showcase my talents in an efficient manner. I can consider the
shared leadership model, which top down managerial approach is followed for exercising the
business operations. Here, I can relate the concept of humanistic management, according to
which, it is a common psychology of the employees to consider themselves as working under
the managers In this context, my viewpoints get valued through the consideration of the
human psychological theory.
Application of author’s arguments on public sector
Public sector is characterized by the development of policies for enhancing the
mechanisms. According to Nilsson, (2015), scholarships are the means for adding positivity
into the institutional productivity. This approach has mixed opinions. According to some,
most of the employees lack the current technological knowledge needed for accomplishing
the duties, which deviates them from scholarships. On the contrary, it has been seen that this
approach is a limitation towards engaging the stakeholders and shareholders, which degrades
the aspect of corporate social responsibility as well as humanistic management. Adherence to
the traditional institutional patterns contradicts the exploration of productivity through
scholarship. Herein lays the need of virtue ethics, which upgrades the standards of
organizational behaviour (Melé, 2003).

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References
Melé, D. (2003). The challenge of humanistic management. Journal of Business
Ethics, 44(1), 77-88.
Nilsson, W. (2015). Positive institutional work: Exploring institutional work through the lens
of positive organizational scholarship. Academy of Management Review, 40(3), 370-
398.