Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions : The Case of Benedictine Monasteries

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 -- Can Monasteries 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