If Aristotle Ran Basic Motors: The New Soul of Enterprise

What does classical philosophy have to supply trendy enterprise? Nothing lower than the secrets and techniques to constructing nice morale and productiveness in any dimension group.

That is the message that Tom Morris will ship this 12 months to 1000’s of executives of main firms corresponding to Merrill Lynch, Coca Cola, Bayer, and Northwestern Mutual Life.

In If Aristotle Ran Basic Motors, Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the information that he garnered from a lifetime of finding out the writings and teachings of historical past’s wisest thinkers and exhibits the way to apply their concepts in immediately’s enterprise atmosphere. Though he regularly attracts on the knowledge of Aristotle, Morris additionally finds inspiration within the teachings of a big selection of thinkers from many various traditions and eras. All through these pages we’re invited to pause and take into account the phrases of Confucius, Seneca, Saint Augustine, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Abraham Lincoln, and lots of others.

By wanting on the inside workings of varied sorts of businesses– from GE to Tom’s of Maine– Morris exhibits why any firm that’s severe about attaining true excellence should adhere to 4 timeless virtues first recognized by Aristotle greater than two thousand years in the past: Reality, Magnificence, Goodness, and Unity. Morris makes clear that probably the most profitable firms encourage a company tradition that ensures that every one interactions amongst colleagues, staff, administration, bosses, purchasers, clients, and suppliers are infused with dignity and humanity. Furthermore, the ebook gives clearly acknowledged methods for the way everybody who works could make these qualities the inspiration for his or her on a regular basis enterprise (and private) lives.

If Aristotle Ran Basic Motors presents probably the most compelling case of any ebook but written for a brand new ethics in enterprise and for a office the place openness and integrity are the rule quite than the exception. It affords an optimistic imaginative and prescient for the way forward for management and a plan for reinvigorating the soul again into our skilled lives.