Virtuous work and organizational culture: how Aristotelian practical wisdom can humanize business
Journal
Human Centered Organizational Culture
Publisher
Routledge
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Pinto, Javier
Ferrero, Ignacio
Type
Resource Types::text::book::book part
Abstract
This chapter aims to overcome the rationalistic and mechanistic paradigm of organizational theory redefining the nature of organizations as a community of work. We sustain that Aristotelian practical wisdom deepens our understanding of organizations by incorporating different features of personal work in organizational contexts, such as meaning, interpretation, ambiguity, conflict, context-dependence, productivity and reflexivity. In this chapter, we will explain (i) how the organization aimed to excellence is better defined as a community of work, and (ii) how practical wisdom in an organization must be defined in light of work as a deliberative and participative production. Thus, the goal of the chapter is twofold: first, it seeks to introduce a concept of work into the Aristotelian organizational theory; second, it aims to show the potential of Aristotelian practical wisdom for deepening our understanding of organizations by integrating an Aristotelian definition of the community of work and common good into organizational theory.© 2021 Routledge.
How to cite
Pinto, J., Ferrero, I., & Scalzo, G. (2021). Virtuous work and organizational culture : how aristotelian practical wisdom can humanize business. En: Lepeley, M. T. (editor) Human Centered Organizational Culture : Global Dimensions, (Human centered management book series), pp. 118-126. New York, NY : Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003092025-9-11