Reawakening the Spirit in Work: The Power of Dharmic Management

Recently, numerous business books have appeared emphasizing transcendental themes while no doubt also prodding managers to wonder if spirituality really has a place in our profit-oriented business culture. Hawley, a California consultant who spends half the year in an Indian ashram, maintains that these qualities do matter. ``The key questions for today's managers and leaders'' he writes, ``are no longer issues of task and structure but are questions of spirit.'' Hawley urges managers ``to feed the roots of integrity and nudge toward spirit,'' in order to increase business-wide leadership, creativity, cooperation and stability. He describes how dharmic theories could enable managers to harness the power of heart, spirit, happiness and belief, accompanied by successful examples (e.g., Hard Rock Cafe). This is a thought-provoking crossover book that could generate sales in both business and self-help markets. (June)