Table of Contents

PART I. CORE ELEMENTS Contemporary Challenges to Sustainable Industrial Civilization; H. Takenaka The Book of Five Concepts for Management; S.Aida A View of Bushido; M.Shinagawa Chivalry; J.Ramsden Christianity; L.Denny Complexity and Identity: The Evolution of Collective Self; P.Allen PART II. SYNTHESIS New Thinking: A Synthesis; J.Ramsden Bushido in the IT Era; K.Hamada & Y.Ujiie PART III. A SPIRITUAL METHOD BASED ON BUSHIDO The Road to the Spiritual Mind for Entrepreneurs; M.Koyanagi "Shin-shin-toitsu-ho" for Dynamic Meditation; T.Ono PART IV. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS EcoDesign and Human Media; S. Aida Eco-design and Sustainability; W.Batty Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Decision-making; S. Knox The Need for Spirituality in the Public Sphere; N.Kakabadse , P.Collins & A.Kakabadse Creating a Sustained Performance Improvement; P.Hunter Epilogue; S.Aida, J.Ramsden & A. Kakabadse

About the Author

JEREMY RAMSDEN is Professor of Nanotechnology at Cranfield University, UK, and Director of Research at Cranfield University at Kitakyushu, prior to which he was private Professor for Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Basel. Previous books include The New World Order (1991) and Bioinformatics: an Introduction (2004). He has published about 150 research articles, and is Editor-in-Chief of Nanotechnology Perceptions ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield School of Management, UK, and the H. Smith Richardson Fellow at CCL, N