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The Prisms of Management Cover

Abstract

This article makes a contribution to the ongoing paradigmatic debate concerning management science, aiming to define more precisely its constructs. At present, within this field there is a lack of definition, of a universally accepted way of seeing reality, which results in a clear deficit in pedagogical identity. Our proposal for a new paradigm is based on three descriptors or constructs (prisms): organization, knowledge, and safety (OKS); in this model, the leading role is played by human.

The “organization” prism, in the classic sense, concerns the organization with an emphasis on the implementation of the personalistic vision of human. The “knowledge” prism includes the technical, social, and economic aspects of the collection, processing, and use of knowledge. The “security” prism is an aspect related to the identification and prevention of crises and threats to the functioning of the OKS triad as a whole.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2015-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
Language: English
Page range: 43 - 50
Published on: Mar 11, 2015
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2015 Jarosław Domański, Wiesław Kotarba, Tadeusz Krupa, published by Warsaw University of Technology
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