Management: Towards a Unified Field Theory

Abstract

This article is a "theme" review of three books written by management theorists of high repute. (It follows in the footsteps of a piece published here 4 years ago [Frisch 1995].) These authors approach management from very different perspectives. But to quote Frisch "Unfortunately every con-ceptualization and interpretation needed to arrive at a theory represents the point of view or more generally the value system of the observer and objectivity is just an illusion. The same `facts' can have different meanings for different people; and even the same people may view the facts differently depending on the time and situation (Frisch 1995).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA487922

Entities

People

  • Neal Pollock

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Executives
  • Leadership
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Supervisors
  • Systems Engineering

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Educational Psychology