OUR CHAPTERS
The Humanistic Management Network lives, works and acts through its local Chapters and collaborations with our members. Our Chapters drive diverse activities ranging from organizing and hosting events to leading research projects with subsequent publications to integrating Humanistic Management Principles into university teaching. What unites all Chapters is the invaluable service their members deliver to our shared purpose.
If you want to know more about our Chapters and how you can engage please get in touch with the Chapter nearest to you.
Austria Chapter
Contact: Miriam Suchet & Nadja Forster
Aligned to Humanistic Management principles, the Austria Chapter is working towards discovering, analyzing and mitigating systemic weaknesses of our dominant economic paradigm.
China Chapter
Contact: Pingping Fu
The China Chapter is committed to developing and disseminating knowledge on humanistic leadership and humanistic management aligned with Confucian philosophy and traditions in China.
Colombia Chapter
Contact: Carlos Largacha-Martinez
The Colombia Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network is focused on developing the soft-skills needed in top management to allow for working environments in which people can flourish.
Dutch Chapter
Contact: TBD
The Dutch Chapter’s people bring great diversity of experience and a shared vision in the areas of sustainability, science, innovation and human development.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Chapter
Contact: Mohan Lal Agarwal
The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Chapter aspires to promote human dignity as the central value both in management research and in practice.
India Chapter
Contact: Shiv Tripathi
Let´s remove the words “Human resources” from the organizational common vocabulary . Human beings are not mere resources. Human beings are not a Capital. Human beings are not the means.
Nigeria Chapter
Contact: Kemi Ogunyemi
The Nigeria Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network promotes the development of an economic system with respect for human dignity. It defends human dignity in face of its vulnerability.
Poland Chapter
Contact: Weronika Pokojska
We are focused on developing and disseminating knowledge for Humanistic Management with an emphasis on culture and media sectors and contemporary challenges as climate crisis or inequalities.
South Africa Chapter
Contact: Aura Mbolela
The South Africa Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network focuses on opening up a new network of meaning, fresh insights and actionable knowledge on how to manage people in a more dignified manner.
United Kingdom Chapter
Contact: Christina Schwabenland
The UK Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network is focused on building bridges between management education and practice and is building a strong footprint within the global Humanistic Management community.
Zimbabwe Chapter
Contact: Bradwell Mhonderwa
The Zimbabwe Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network promotes sustainable business growth, community and national development through robust engagement with all stakeholders.
Evolving Chapters
The chapters below are still evolving and while we hope they will soon join our community of active chapters around the world, we are also giving each of them the time it needs to develop activities and ourselves the time we need to have a great team in place.
Argentina Chapter
Contact: Martin Alterson
Let´s remove the words “Human resources” from the organizational common vocabulary . Human beings are not mere resources. Human beings are not a Capital. Human beings are not the means.
Australia and New Zealand Chapter
Contact: TBD
The Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Chapter was formed in early 2014 and is fast gaining momentum. Currently there are around 125 email subscribers located across 4 Australian States and New Zealand.
Brazil Chapter
Contact: Kelly Dalben
O capitulo do Brazil considera em sua construção além da troca imediata, uma relação integrada entre conhecimento e prática, entre os valores tangíveis e intangíveis para a contribuição de um novo novo cenário organizacional, mais humano, mais ético, e mais digno.
Estonia Chapter
Contact: Katri-Llis Vainio
Please bear with us as while we are updating the introduction to this chapter. In the meantime please feel free to contact the chapter should you have any questions.
Finland Chapter
Contact: Ulla Heinonen
The Finnish Chapter of the Humanistic Management Network works on the basis that a fundamental paradigm shift is needed in the way we define the purpose of business and its role in society. To this end the Finnish Chapter promotes the approach to humanistic management that is based on the three pillars of 1) Respect for human dignity 2) Integration of ethical considerations in management decisions and 3) Engagement with stakeholders.
Germany Chapter
Contact: Wolfgang Amann
The German chapter focuses on initiatives of knowledge creation and dissemination related to humanistic management from an education perspective at this point in time.
Nepal Chapter
Contact: TBC
Please bear with us as while we are working to establish this chapter. In the meantime please feel free to contact the HMN should you have any questions.
Mexico Chapter
Contact: TBC
Please bear with us as while we are updating the introduction to this chapter. In the meantime please feel free to contact us should you have any questions.
Switzerland Chapter
Contact: Ernst von Kimakowitz
In 2007 the humanistic management movement was institutionalized by founding a charitable Swiss association in the Canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland, beautifully nestled between lake Constance and the Alps.