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The role of traditional virtues in management
Dr Howard Harris has carried out several projects on the role of
traditional virtues in management and management decision making. Much of
his research in this area has focused on courage.
Dr Manjit Monga is leading a project examining the role of traditional
beliefs and values in Indian managers.
Assoc Prof Chris Provis and Howard Harris have published a number of
articles on issues to do with trust in organisations and management
processes.
Other work by these researchers has addressed issues to do with love,
spirituality and honesty.
- Howard Harris (in press), 'Promoting ethical reflection in the
teaching of business ethics', Business Ethics: A European Review,
17(4), pp 567–578.
- Howard Harris (forthcoming), 'Professionalism: Macintyre and
Confucius on exemplary figures', Australian Journal of
Professional and Applied Ethics.
- Howard Harris (forthcoming), 'Traditional virtues and
contemporary management', Philosophy of Management, 6(2),
pp 73–88.
- Howard Harris (2007), 'Professionalism: Macintyre and Confucius on
exemplary figures', presidential address, Australian Association for
Professional and Applied Ethics, Melbourne, 29 June.
- Howard Harris (2007) 'Promotion of transparency through public
enquiry: Oil-for-Food, the Volcker and Cole inquiries, and
Australia's wheat exports to Iraq', Business & Society Review,
112(2), pp 215–225.
- Howard Harris & R Castle (2007), 'Inquisitiveness or curiosity:
which is the management virtue?', Australian Journal of
Professional and Applied Ethics, 9(2), pp 77–85.
- Howard Harris and Joanna Crossman (2005)
Getting up-close and personal:
the implications of addressing spirituality in university teaching and
learning for faculty and professional developers (PDF 42 kb),
GIG working paper,
November.
- Howard Harris (2005), 'Traditional virtues and contemporary
management', paper presented at Philosophy of Management Conference 05,
Oxford, 6–10 July.
- Howard Harris (2002), 'Is love a management virtue?' Business &
Professional Ethics Journal, 21(3&4): 173–184.
- Howard Harris and Chris Provis (2002), 'There's more to maintenance
teams than some might think: the importance of trust', Proceedings of
International Conference of Maintenance Societies, Paper 23,
Brisbane, 21–24 May.
- Howard Harris (2001),
'Courage:
management virtue or dangerous excess?' (PDF 71 kb), presentation at Caring for
Country, workshop on environmental ethics, Angaston, South Australia, 11
May.
- Howard Harris (1999), 'Courage as a management virtue', Business
& Professional Ethics Journal, 18 3&4): 27–46.
- Manjit Monga (2008) 'HRM practices to manage multicultural
workforce: do the recommended best practices work for small
business? A case study', European Journal of Management.
- Manjit Monga (2007) 'Managers' Moral Reasoning: Evidence from
Large Indian Manufacturing Organisations', Journal of Business
Ethics, 71(2), pp 174–194.
- Manjit Monga (2007) 'A case study of moral reasoning of North
Indian manufacturing managers', Monash Business Review,
3(3).
- Manjit Monga (2007) 'Managing Diversity through Human Resource
Management: An International Perspective and Conceptual Framework',
with Shen, J., Chanda, A. and D’Netto, B., International Human
Resource Management Journal.
- Manjit Monga (2005), 'Value orientations: a case study of North
Indian manufacturing managers', Journal of Management Development,
24(7): 332–344.
- Howard Harris, Manjit Monga and Chris Provis (2005), 'Value
orientation of manufacturing managers in the Punjab', Australian
Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 6(2): 43–56.
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