Eleventh International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

The conceptual study introduces the philosophical and spiritual perspective of economic thinking, focused on business and management environment. Its outlook grows initially from a critical evaluation of Weber’s theses of the spirit of capitalism, which is justified by the Protestant ethic and is further deepened by a philosophical approach to the meaning of business and management in the context of economic thinking and acting. The author uses this concept and concentrates on a spiritual or even religious view that is neglected in the entrepreneurship and management, especially in the transformational countries of Central and East Europe. However, the management of private or state organizations and companies itself was in the West born in a unique spiritual environment and lives in a particular spiritual and value-oriented background. The spiritual intelligence belongs today to the fourth acknowledged intelligence (besides the logical, social, and emotional ones) and allows the application of theoretical assumptions into the managerial practice. Finally, the study elaborates its practical application in business and management in the West and East. Listed spiritual potentials are an impulse for business schools and executive education, coaching, and mentoring for every day managerial responsibility or long-term strategy.

Presenters

Dušan Kučera
Head of Center for Business Ethics, Assistant Professor, Management, Prague University of Economics and Business, Praha, hlavní mesto, Czech Republic