Philosophy of Management

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Kirkeby’s Management Philosophy: A Critical Reflection

Paul Griseri, Leonard Minkes, Emma Bell

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 67-74

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Developing and Assessing New Technology: Popper, Monsanto and GMOs

Jeremy K. Hall, Michael J. C. Martin

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 13-22

The UK launch of the Science Enterprise Challenge in 1999 has stimulated interest in the evolutions of science-based firms and this paper argues that Popper’s seminal diverse contributions to philosophy are directly relevant to them. It begins by commenting on the applications of both Kuhn’s and Popper’s concepts to technological (as against) scientific evolutions. It then suggests how Popper’s approaches...

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Doing it Right Instead of Twice: A Popperian Approach to Management Decisions

Christopher Cowton, Gerhard Zecha

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 23-33

Fundamental to Sir Karl Popper’s oeuvre was the insight that humans err — and that we can learn from our mistakes. Critique is therefore valuable in all human endeavours. Although this stance is most famously seen in Popper’s claim that to be scientific a theory or hypothesis has to be falsifiable, Popper adopted a critical approach extensively in his work towards whatever crossed his path. Yet he...

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Editorial: Developing Perspectives

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 1-2

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What Is a Business?

John Kaler

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 57-65

Understanding just what it is to be a business is a vital though neglected topic in business ethics. The account given here makes the possession of customers the defining feature. This excludes obvious nonbusinesses while allowing the widest possible range of options for deciding on the morally preferable form or forms which businesses should take.

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Power, Freedom and Authority in Management: Mary Parker Follett’s ‘Power-With’

Domènec Melé, Josep M. Rosanas

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 35-46

Power is one of the key ideas in management, and so is the concept of authority. However, most studies on power are rather instrumental, dealing with the place of power in management, and how to achieve it. Less attention has been paid to the essential concepts of power and authority themselves in management thought and how they have evolved. To clarify these concepts, and to better understand the...

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Should Managers Talk About Rights?

Tom Campbell

Philosophy of Management > 2003 > 3 > 2 > 3-11

Controversy surrounds the ‘intrusion’ of the discourse of rights into workplace relationships. This is explored by examining the nature of rights through the analysis of the idea of a ‘right to manage’. Purported justifications of the right to manage in terms of either property or contract are shown to be inadequate, thus illustrating the need to incorporate a degree of consequentialism in the articulation...

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Philosophy of Management

Kirkeby’s Management Philosophy: A Critical Reflection

Developing and Assessing New Technology: Popper, Monsanto and GMOs

Doing it Right Instead of Twice: A Popperian Approach to Management Decisions

Editorial: Developing Perspectives

What Is a Business?

Power, Freedom and Authority in Management: Mary Parker Follett’s ‘Power-With’

Should Managers Talk About Rights?

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Philosophy of Management

Kirkeby’s Management Philosophy: A Critical Reflection

Developing and Assessing New Technology: Popper, Monsanto and GMOs

Doing it Right Instead of Twice: A Popperian Approach to Management Decisions

Editorial: Developing Perspectives

What Is a Business?

Power, Freedom and Authority in Management: Mary Parker Follett’s ‘Power-With’

Should Managers Talk About Rights?

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