This article responds to the increasing calls in the literature for “new prophets and old ideals” on which to develop (Radical) management theory and practice that will help us escape the “iron cage” and the undue emphasis on materialism and individualism that characterizes conventional management. The authors examine teachings ascribed to Jesus in the biblical record, which have historically been used to support conventional management theory and practice, and show how they can be (re)interpreted from a less materialist—individualist moral point-of-view to support a radical view of management theory and practice. Implications for management theory and practice are noted.
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