Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions

Part I Managing in a Monastic Context. - A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the `Oikonomia of a Monastery. - Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations. - Management of Monasteries: A Field Report. - Sustainability for Centuries: Monastic Governance of Austrian Benedictine Abbeys. - Leadership Training in the Monastic Context: Experiences and Future Challenges. - Part II Leadership Development: Lessons Learned from the LRB Course. - Strategy Making: Providing Orientation and Sense. - CanMonasteries Learn from Modern Organizational Theory? . - Leadership in Monasteries. - Walking the Tightrope Between Change and Tradition: Lessons on Managing Projects in Benedictine Contexts. - Reflections on the Impact of the Leadership Training. - Part III Future Challenges. - Leadership Needs in Global Diversity: The Missionary Benedictines. - Women Usually Ended Up Second Class : Remarks from an International Women s Perspective. - Observations of a Missionary Benedictine from Rome