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ALLSAFE: Responsible Freedom in Action

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Humanistic Management in Practice

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This case study portrays how ALLSAFE, a mid-sized manufacturing firm in Southern Germany, made a transition from mechanistic to humanistic management practices. Highlighting the importance of a leadership philosophy centered on responsible freedom and voluntary responsibility, the study analyzes the strategic pathways through which ALLSAFE accomplishes to be profitable by way of humanistic management practices. The study is based on participant observation on-site plus qualitative interviews with employees of the firm.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://www.ALLSAFE-group.com/en/company/ALLSAFE-milestones/.

  2. 2.

    https://tsf.de.

  3. 3.

    http://www.ALLSAFE-group.com/en/load-restraint/.

  4. 4.

    http://www.ALLSAFE-group.com/en/company/ALLSAFE-milestones/.

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  1. Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Claus Dierksmeier

  2. Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK

    Oliver Laasch

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Humanistic Management Center, Humanistic Management Network, Geneva, Switzerland

    Ernst von Kimakowitz

  2. Weltethos-Institut, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Hanna Schirovsky

  3. Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, School of Management, Bogotá, Colombia

    Carlos Largacha-Martínez

  4. Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Claus Dierksmeier

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Dierksmeier, C., Laasch, O. (2021). ALLSAFE: Responsible Freedom in Action. In: von Kimakowitz, E., Schirovsky, H., Largacha-Martínez, C., Dierksmeier, C. (eds) Humanistic Management in Practice. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51545-4_10

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