Matthias Huehn () (Faculty of Management Technology, The German University in Cairo)
Abstract
The paper laments the current confusion in business science with regard to its epistemology. Any scientific discipline needs a firm structural basis, otherwise research is unfocused and flawed. In business science not even the vocabulary is clear: terms like Management and Business Administration mean many things to different people. The paper suggests to replace Burrell and Morgan’s matrix of sociological paradigms with a new typology which is really able to guide research and practice alike. Management scholars have argued too long without any sense of direction and managers have as a result become reserved and somewhat cynical toward Management theory.
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Paper provided by The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Management Technology in its series Working Papers with number
9.
Find related papers by JEL classification: M0 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - General B0 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General
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