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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
The Humanization of Corporations
Author(s): Joan P. Mileski, Carter L. Franklin
Citation: Joan P. Mileski, Carter L. Franklin, (2017)"The Humanization of Corporations," American Journal of Management, Vol. 17, Iss. 3, pp. 29-37
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Corporations have been extensively studied from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The evolution of these perspective has been in the direction of a reification of organizations. Corporations are now expected to be all things to all constituencies including adopting the norms of the society in which they reside. Constituency management is a significant contributing factor to the complexity of corporations. This paper reviews the various competing perspectives on corporate complexity, and looks at the gaps in how constituencies are addressed. We propose a model which combines the various perspectives emphasizing the human corporation with all the several aspects of complexity.
