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| Author: | Tsoukas, H. |
| Title: | What is management? An outline of a metatheory |
| Journal: | British Journal of Management
1994 : DEC, VOL. 5:4, p. 289-301 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT THEORIES MANAGEMENT CONTROL |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Drawing on a realist ontology and epistemology, a metatheory of management is outline in this paper as a way of redescribing the nature of management, and delineating the scope of application of various perspectives on management. Four perspectives are briefly reviewed, and the claim is put forward that each one of them deals with issues arising at a different ontological layer of management. Management is shown to consist of four layers with each one exhibiting its own characteristics and dynamics. |
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