One hundred years ago, Max Weber postulated in his seminal work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism that after a tremendous development, capitalism would either reach a dead end, or would enter a new era of development through the guidance of new prophets (Weber, [1904] 2003:182). The tremendous development foreseen has occurred but have Weber’s new prophets appeared? Through a close analysis of the context in which the word prophet is found in the Bible and through the description that Weber gave to the concept of prophet in The Sociology of Religion (Weber, 1963) a prophet’s ideal type was constructed with fourteen specific characteristics. This ideal type was then used as a grid of analysis to put to the test the nineteen most renowned leadership gurus, potential candidate to the title of prophet.

This article is a brief introduction to complexity, complex thinking and complexitymanagement. Its purpose is to present an update on the applications of the complexitysciences particularly to the universe of corporations and management. It includes anexample taken from the globalized world and two more stories from the corporateenvironment. Some details on how to think about complexity and how to apply theconceptual and operative tools of complex thinking are provided. The article ends withsome remarks on personal, interpersonal and corporate benefits of the complexthinking.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ed Renekivitz.pdf: 553721 bytes, checksum: 19a5779915e4eb79905dc7837543c1b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-29 / Corporate World Spirituality. Approaching Religious Práxis and Professional Life, involving Religion Science, specifically the area society religious Praxis. It was investigated according to critic historical method, using a bibliographic and documental research as data retrieval method. This study aimed evaluating two different hypothesis: corporate world spirituality as a response to contemporary society spiritual needs, replacing institutionalized religious expressions, and corporate world spirituality as a concept that is complementary to religious praxis, aiming human promotion both on market and society. The spirituality concept in Paul Tillich and praxis in Cassiano Floristán were used as the theoretical references for this study. This dissertation was structured in three chapters: the first involving definitions and term listing for spirituality semantic field determination: spirituality and religion, religious and laic, sacred and profane. The second recording movement origins, its blossom, main characters, scientific, ideological, religious, economic and philosophical context, and most importantly, listing the different concepts the word spirituality may assume in corporate world. This chapter clarifies the social and historic factors allowing spirituality to enter the work place and its inclusion on corporate world. Finally, the third chapter evaluates three different possibilities for using the corporate world spirituality concept: spirituality at service of religion (proselytism), of capital (performance) or of the human being (praxis). Thus, this dissertation aims allowing the reader expand knowledge basis on this subject.(AU) / O tema Espiritualidade no mundo corporativo: aproximações entre a práxis religiosa e a vida profissional, é compreendido no campo das Ciências da Religião, especificamente na área de Práxis religiosa na sociedade, e foi pesquisado de acordo com o método histórico crítico, tendo como metodologia para a coleta de dados a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. O estudo do tema buscou verificar duas hipóteses, a saber: a espiritualidade no mundo corporativo como resposta às necessidades espirituais da sociedade contemporânea, em substituição às expressões religiosas institucionalizadas, e a espiritualidade no mundo corporativo como conceito solidário à práxis religiosa para a promoção humana no mercado e na sociedade. Os conceitos de espiritualidade em Paul Tillich e práxis em Casiano Floristán foram utilizados como referencias teóricos para estudo do tema. A dissertação foi estruturada em três capítulos. No primeiro, há definições e relações dos termos que determinam o campo semântico da espiritualidade, que são: espiritualidade e religião, religioso e secular, sagrado e profano. No segundo, há o registro das origens do movimento, identificando seu período de florescimento, seus principais atores, seu contexto científico, ideológico, religioso, econômico e filosófico, e principalmente lista os diferentes conceitos que o termo espiritualidade adquire no mundo corporativo. Esse capítulo esclarece os fatores sociais e históricos que possibilitaram a inserção da espiritualidade no local de trabalho e a inclusão do tema no mundo corporativo. Finalmente, o terceiro e último capítulo analisa três possíveis utilizações do conceito de espiritualidade no mundo corporativo: a espiritualidade a serviço da religião (proselitismo), do capital (performance) e do ser humano (práxis). Possibilitando assim ao leitor ampliar seus conhecimentos sobre o tema que é o objeto desta dissertação.(AU)