Badanie organizacji i zarządzania na gruncie humanistyki

Abstract

This article aims to systematize the fundamentals of organization and management studies practiced as a humanistic discipline. General characteristics of the humanities have been used here for a reinterpretation of the internal division of management science into several paradigms. A large group of them turns out to be consistent with traditions and tenets of the humanities – being un-rigorous, interdisciplinary, and subjective. The areas of interest, objectives, and research methods employed by the humanistic approach to management research make it distinct and different from the research conducted within the economic mainstream. The authors recall voices that point to two kinds of crisis: a (cognitive) crisis of the mainstream approach, and a (political, PR) crisis of the humanities. They argue that both could be resolved through an even deeper saturation of the management science with humanistic values.

Keywords

• management science
• crisis of management
• humanities
• research methods