Development of Management Paradigm Theory

Author: Luo Min
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The theoretical paradigm of management studies falls within the category of research on fundamental tool theories. The theoretical and methodological paradigms are the basic theoretical issues in management. They provide value concepts, ways of thinking, evaluation criteria, methodologies, and specific methods for management scholars and practical managers. This book examines and reflects on the formation, development, and current state of the theoretical paradigm of management studies from multiple perspectives, with a particular focus on the new developments in modern management paradigms, such as nonlinear, accidental, uncertain, chaotic organizations, multi-perspective approaches, and multiple measurement criteria. It is a powerful work that reflects the full scope of theoretical research on management paradigms.
This book takes the theoretical paradigm of management as its research subject, breaking through the mindset of how to construct the theoretical and methodological paradigms of management. As a result, the book possesses the nature of philosophy of management science or meta-management. The uniqueness of this book lies not only in its epistemological critique of various management paradigms but also in its critique of management from the perspectives of methodology and mindset. The author consistently upholds the ideas of holistic thinking, relational thinking, process thinking, and nonlinear thinking throughout the book, emphasizing the role of free will, intuition, and practice in the cognition of theoretical and practical subjects. The book raises the banner of opposing the partiality of both forms of rationalism—empiricism and rationalism—and advocates that theoretical rationality and practice are mutually permeating and interacting.