Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions: The Case of Benedictine Monasteries

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This book explores opportunities and limitations with regard to transferring knowledge and tools from the corporate world to manage monasteries or other types of religious institutions. To do so, the contributing authors analyze both the ideological and practical implications of employing modern organizational theory in the context of religious institutions, and seek to strike a balance between preserving traditions and promoting modernization. In this regard, they draw on experience gained in the course of long-standing collaborations between religious institutions, such as monasteries, and business and management schools. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-2 A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the ‘Oikonomia’ of a Monastery (Markus Muff)....Pages 3-10 Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations (Günter Müller-Stewens, Luigi Gioia)....Pages 11-25 Management of Monasteries: A Field Report (Günter Müller-Stewens, Markus Muff, Thomas S. Eberle)....Pages 27-34 Sustainability for Centuries: Monastic Governance of Austrian Benedictine Abbeys (Birgit Feldbauer-Durstmüller, Simon Sandberger, Maximilian Neulinger)....Pages 35-50 Leadership Training in the Monastic Context: Experiences and Future Challenges (Notker Wolf)....Pages 51-56 Front Matter ....Pages 57-58 Strategy Making: Providing Orientation and Sense (Günter Müller-Stewens, Luigi Gioia)....Pages 59-72 Can Monasteries Learn from Modern Organizational Theory? (Thomas S. Eberle, Ulrike Soegtrop)....Pages 73-92 Leadership in Monasteries (Jean-Paul Thommen, Ruth Mary Starman)....Pages 93-102 Walking the Tightrope Between Change and Tradition: Lessons on Managing Projects in Benedictine Contexts (Erwin Hettich, Ansgar Stüfe)....Pages 103-113 Reflections on the Impact of the Leadership Training (John Braganza)....Pages 115-120 Front Matter ....Pages 121-122 Leadership Needs in Global Diversity: The Missionary Benedictines (Jeremias Schröder)....Pages 123-130 “Women Usually Ended Up Second Class”: Remarks from an International Women’s Perspective (Franziska Lukas, Ulrike Soegtrop)....Pages 131-139 Observations of a Missionary Benedictine from Rome (Mauritius Wilde)....Pages 141-149