Spiritual Motivation: New Thinking for Business and Management

Our world is facing unprecedented technological and ethical challenges. Such is the complexity of today's business environment, that sustained long-term success is impossible without a much broader outlook than that fostered by current management school practice. This book draws on centuries of Japanese tradition in honourable behaviour, comparing and contrasting it with developments in the West, to create a new approach powerful enough to meet the challenges of operating in today's global business environment.

JEREMY RAMSDEN is Professor of Nanotechnology at Cranfield University, and Director of Research at Cranfield University at Kitakyushu, prior to which he was private Professor for Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Basel. Previous books include "The New World Order" (1991) and "Bioinformatics: an Introduction" (2004). He has published about 150 research articles, and is Editor-in-Chief of Nanotechnology Perceptions

ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield School of Management, and the H. Smith Richardson Fellow at CCL, North Carolina, USA. His research covers boards, top teams and the governance of governments. He has published 26 books, 169 articles and 16 monographs, and is co-editor of the Journal of Management Development and Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society.

SHUHEI AIDA is Chairman and CEO of the Human Media Foundation in Japan, professor emeritus at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Director-General of Cranfield University Japan Centre and visiting Professor at Cranfield University. He has published about 150 research papers and 30 books in the fields of system engineering, information technology and global environmental issues, and has received the Mainichi Cultural and Publishing Award.