Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions, 1st ed. 2019 The Case of Benedictine Monasteries CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance Series

Part I Managing in a Monastic Context.- A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the ‘Oikonomia’ of a Monastery.- Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations.- Management of Monasteries: A Field Report.- Sustainability for Centuries: Monastic Governance of Austrian Benedictine Abbeys.- Leadership Training in the Monastic Context: Experiences and Future Challenges.- Part II Leadership Development: Lessons Learned from the LRB Course.- Strategy Making: Providing Orientation and Sense.- Can Monasteries Learn from Modern Organizational Theory?.- Leadership in Monasteries.- Walking the Tightrope Between Change and Tradition: Lessons on Managing Projects in Benedictine Contexts.- Reflections on the Impact of the Leadership Training.- Part III Future Challenges.- Leadership Needs in Global Diversity: The Missionary Benedictines.- “Women Usually Ended Up Second Class”: Remarks from an International Women’s Perspective.- Observations of a Missionary Benedictine from Rome

Shows the potential and limitations of managerial approaches for religious and non-profit organizations

Combines research from experts of management science and religious institutions

Provides data and case studies of long-term cooperation between monastaries and management schools