Lowe (strategy, marketing, and entrepreneurship, Kingston U. Business School, London, UK) brings together 12 chapters for managers and management students and specialists that explore the future development of management and organizing in the context of new and difficult conditions in the West and East, such as the financial crisis, globalization, corruption, income inequality, and other present-day problems. He aims to move beyond scientific management and systems theory and promote different styles, discourses, and voices in management, with chapters on the theories of Schumacher and Capra, processes-based practice, a human-centered approach to technology development, an embodied approach to human ethics, a horizontal leadership paradigm, the use of ancient wisdom from the Bhagavad-Gita to help modern leaders, an approach to self-awareness, and other ideas, within international and general contexts. Contributors work in business and management, corporate responsibility, and communication in Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and the US. Response Books is an imprint of Sage India. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)