Wisdom-Based Values Engagement Assessment

How does faith impact your business?

Let Lipscomb's Wisdom-Based Values Engagement Assessment evaluate the impact faith has in your organization to further the Kingdom, and learn from others to explore best practices or opportunities for improvement.

Partner with Lipscomb business and theology faculty to understand how faith is impacting the vision and strategy creation in your organization, and explore how faith is disseminated into decision-making.

Lipscomb's Center for Transformative Sales & Supply Chain Leadership (CTSSCL) partners with like-minded business leaders to engage in research that advances business theory and best practices in the integration of faith and business strategy. CTSSCL conducts faith audits through research-validated assessments and the delivery of insights based on tested focus groups and qualitative data collection.

To discuss the project and your firm’s possible participation, contact hannah.stolze [at] lipscomb.edu (subject: Research%20Partnership%20Opportunity%20with%20Lipscomb) (Hannah Stolze).

The Research Process

Timing

Value to Participating Firms

Sponsoring firms are asked to contribute a nominal research fee to Lipscomb University College of Business and cover any travel and additional costs associated with this research. All participating firms will receive an additional proprietary report of the research results that will compare and contrast key issues and highlight future opportunities and challenges for the firm, compared to the other companies in the study. Participation will give the firm the opportunity to contribute to ongoing research, as well as provide early and firm-specific details about forthcoming research implications.

Further benefits to participating companies include:

Promotion of best practices for integration of faith for sales and supply chain strategies.
Identification of opportunities to extend culture throughout the organization and improve decision-making.
Objective insights from outside market research team.
Assistance to management in addressing complex, cross-functional issues.

Faculty Lead

After launching and continuing to lead the Wheaton Center for Faith & Innovation, Dr. Hannah Stolze is now founding the Center for Supply Chain Management at Lipscomb University. As an associate professor of supply chain management, Dr. Stolze actively conducts integrated supply chain, marketing, and logistics research.

Inspired by stewardship and the positive impact a firm can have in the marketplace, she conducts research that looks beyond profit at the long-term sustainability and impact of a firm. Her Ph.D. in logistics and marketing is from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Wisdom-Based Business

Dr. Stolze is also the author of a recently published book, Wisdom-Based Business. Intended for business students and working professionals alike, it demonstrates how to pursue profitability to the honor and glory of God.

In addition, this book integrates 50+ years of academic findings related to the outcomes of faith-based practices for corporate success and impact. The result is a book that explores scripture, multiple cases, and 1000s of data points that exemplify the impact and power of faith at work.

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