Biblical Principles of Being an Employee in Contemporary Organizations. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bruce E. Winston.
• Authors: Winston, Bruce E
• Contents: Chapter 1 Workplace Behaviors that Demonstrate Love for God and Our Workplace Neighbors. 7 Introduction. 7 Person-Environment Fit 9 Obedience. 10 Diligent 11 Respectful 12 Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: 'Extra Mile Service' 13 Emotional Intelligence. 15 Deep Acting in Emotional Labor 16 Empathy. 17 Empower your Manager 19 Being Engaged in the Workplace. 21 Chapter 2 Ethical Behavior from the Old Testament 28 Introduction. 28 Ethics from the Ten Commandments. 28 Ethics from Proverbs. 30 Micro-level Ethical Behaviors: Organizational Code of Ethics. 39 Chapter 3 Galatians 6: 1-10 Caring for Other Employees – To a Point 43 Introduction. 43 Help One Another 43 Do not Boast of Who, or How, You Served Another 45 Chapter 4 Following: From being alone to being a disciple: Mentoring, Discipling, and Akoloutheo 47 Introduction. 47 Mentoring. 47 Discipling. 48 Akoloutheo. 49 A Biblical example of what to do when the Akoloutheo relationship does not go well 51 Chapter 5 Parable of the Talents: Integrity, Credibility, and Accountability. 56 Introduction. 56 Integrity. 57 Credibility. 57 Accountability. 58 Conclusion. 59 Chapter 6: Sabbath, Selah, and Fallow Ground: God's Design to Keep Our Focus on Him 61 Introduction. 61 Origin of Sabbath Rest 63 What is Sabbath?. 63 Sabbath in the New Testament 65 Shift from Saturday to Sunday. 67 The Application of Sabbath to Leadership. 67 Selah. 68 Fallow Ground. 68 Conclusion. 69 Chapter 7 Preparing Versus Planning. 72 Introduction. 72 Examples from Scripture. 72 Career Planning. 75 Career Preparation. 76 Chapter 8 Conclusion. 78 Index. 79.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (88 pages)
• Subjects: Business; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Religion -- Christian Theology -- General; Organizational theory & behaviour; Christian theology; Management science; Business--Religious aspects; Organization; Theology; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Business ethics & social responsibility
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030111694
• Related ISBNs: 9783030111687
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