O relacjach humanistyki i zarzadzania: mezalians to czy szczesliwy zwiazek? About relations between humanities and management: mésalliance or happy relationship?)

The text discusses the relations between humanities and management sciences. The basic assumptions presented in the article concern interpretation capabilities of management processes in terms of: “management means changing” and “management means bonds creation”. Changing refers to both quantitative and qualitative dimensions – here one can perceive the connections between complementary economic and humanistic descriptions. It is important to draw attention exceeding a current point of view in which the organization is regarded as a system. Instead, it is suggested that one should look at the consequences and responsibilities of organization management regarded as a cultural (and non-cultural) system. The text refers to the concept of Actor-Network Theory by Bruno Latour, in which the emphasis is put on the fact of the permanent formation of society (and culture), instead of regarding it as stable and completed. Creating bonds is thus a fundamental task and a consequence of management, whereas the force defining the areas and contexts of created bonds are values respected by individuals and groups. A comprehensive approach to this problem implies the treatment of man as homo axiologicus. In the article references to the conceptions of management theory are indicated, as well as the possibility of adopting humanistic perspective to management theory.