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Many problems associated with change in organizations can be traced back to the human factor. In the past, the worker was considered merely to be ‘a pair of hands’ (Henry Ford). Today, people wish to be taken seriously, if they are, they generally perform better. However, if organizations’ only motivation to focus on the workers’ sense of fulfilment is increased achievement, the question arises whether these organizations do in fact take their workers seriously or whether the latter merely become enlisted into the organization’s targets or schemes. This book examines this question from the perspective of Emmanuel Levinas’ treatment of rationality. There are close similarities between the Levinassian description of rational thinking and the role of managers in organizations. Rationality makes the world controllable yet is totalitarian in character. Likewise, managers make their businesses controllable, yet their planning and schemes create a totalitarian straitjacket.

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge). --- Organizational behavior. --- Organizational change. --- Organizational change --- Rationalism --- Management --- Philosophy --- Business & Economics --- Philosophy & Religion --- Management Styles & Communication --- Ethics --- Rationalism. --- Change, Organizational --- Organization development --- Organizational development --- Organizational innovation --- Ethics. --- Business. --- Social sciences --- Business and Management, general. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Philosophy. --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Trade --- Economics --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Belief and doubt --- Deism --- Free thought --- Realism --- Organization --- Manpower planning --- Management science. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision

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Philosophical anthropology --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Social change --- Business policy --- Organizational change --- Rationalism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Belief and doubt --- Deism --- Free thought --- Realism --- Change, Organizational --- Organization development --- Organizational development --- Organizational innovation --- Management --- Organization --- Manpower planning --- Philosophy --- General ethics --- Social sciences (general) --- Business management --- psychosociale wetenschappen --- sociologie --- ethiek --- filosofie --- management --- bedrijfskunde --- handelswetenschappen