SPIRITUALITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS: THE CURRENT VIEWS

Stephen Chukwuma Alumona (PhD)

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This paper titled Spirituality and decision-making in industrial organisations: The current views examined one of the most current issues in industrial organisational management today. This is the idea of allowing people’s spirituality to begin to influence their decision-making activities in the workplace. This exercise hitherto had been within the arm beat of formal, rational and bureaucratic principles in the organisation. Writers and supporters of this new move cite the nature of today’s industrial organisations as their reason. They cite the growing complexity and uncertainties of today’s industrial organisations as creating causes for concern for both workers and management. Conclusions are that allowing spirituality to influence organisational decision-making would be for the good of workers and management. Among the key words looked at are spirituality, decision-making, organisation, and organisation culture.


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