Managing Religion: The Management of Christian Religious and Faith-Based Organizations

Volume 1: Internal Relationships
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-34519-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3794 g

This two-volume work explores the management of religious and faith-based organizations. Each chapter offers a discussion of the earliest Christian organizations based on New Testament evidence; a study of managing faith-based organizations; and an exploration of secular management theory in relation to the management of faith-based organizations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torry, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Christian Religion is its Organizations  2. Secular Management Theory  3. Managing Story and Culture 4. Managing Members and Volunteers  5. Managing Strategy  6. Managing Groups  7. Managing Governance  8. Managing Christian Clergy

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Malcolm Torry is the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Greenwich Peninsula; Co-ordinating Chaplain of the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy; and a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics, UK. His publications include Managing God's Business (2005) and Bridgebuilders (2010), a history of workplace chaplaincy.