Is Management an Inexact Science?

      
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		            		AQEEL RAZA
Accountant, Pakistan
			            
Is Management an Inexact Science?

	          		🔥NEW Social sciences are considered inexact. And indeed, the knowledge and study of management is quite an inexact science for many reasons:
There is no laboratory for testing the principles of management.
The inclusion of actions by humans in management.
Management is based on imaginations and thoughts.
Management is already old but there are many changes in its nature.
Exact sciences acquire knowledge from experiments and observation of research materials. Management deals a lot with the minds of human beings.
Management applies knowledge according to the situation although it is using principles, methods  and models to achieve a result.
Management is also a science neither visible nor complete like other scientific knowledge. The chance of its total visibility and completion is zero because its principles create different results in different entities, in a different environment and at different times.

Overall, from the above discussion, I think management is an inexact science because it depends on thoughts and imagination, human actions and has no exact principles or formula.
				      
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						            	Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
												
				                Management is an Exact Science Also

													The outcomes are the results of the interplay of the entities of the system. If the right entities a... Sign up
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                Management is a Practice, not a Science

													According to Peter Drucker, management is a practice, not a science.
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						            	Graham Williams
Management Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Management is an Inexact Practice

													@Javier's comment that practice is a more appropriate description of management than science, makes ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Olaf de Hemmer
Business Consultant, France
												
				                Management is a SYSTEMIC Science

													The Valeur(s) & Management network of experts concluded that corporate issues can be analyzed, under... Sign up
				              
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						            	mccarthy, United Kingdom
												
				                Science is Science

													I often hear/read the sloppy use of the word 'science' in business. I think people may believe somet... Sign up
				              
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						            	adam djeddi
Algeria
												
				                Social Sciences and Sciences

													When you want to mention science, it is enough to tell what this science is. Like: physics, mathemat... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jose Montoya
Professor, Venezuela
												
				                Management is a Practice or Art, not a Science

													Management is a Practice or Art, not a Science. I agree with that postulate. There is no monopoly of... Sign up
				              
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						            	krishnamohan
Teacher, India
												
				                Whether Management is Art or Science?

													In my opinion, it is neither purely art or science discipline. Management is an applied science. It ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andre-Ambrosio ABRAMCZUK
Teacher, Brazil
												
				                Management is a Complex Activity

													Physics, Chemistry and Biology are exact sciences because they study processes which show the same e... Sign up
				              
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						            	James Antwi
HR Consultant, Ghana
												
				                Management is an Inexact Science

													I agree that management is an inexact science, because management principles are true within some ma... Sign up
				              
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						            	Francis
Manager, Thailand
												
				                Management is a Chaotic Science

													💡I think management is a science as success & failure mode can be repeated with similar para... Sign up
				              
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						            	LOGOFATU OCTAVIAN
Director, Romania
												
				                Is Management an Inexact Science?

													Basically, management is an art. Definitions in accordance with "management is the science of making... Sign up
				              
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						            	habib shamsi
Director, Iran
												
				                Management is Real Science

													High quality management results from applying scientific creations. It is essential a manager knows ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Graham Williams
Management Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Is Management an Inexact Science?

													@Andre-Ambrosio ABRAMCZUK makes a good point. In examining management in practice for the purpose of... Sign up
				              
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						            	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan
Somalia
												
				                Management Really is not Sceince

													Really Management is not a science subject because it has no formula and experiments as we are seein... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gabi Levin
Israel
												
				                Management is a Discipline Involving Science + Art

													What is science?
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						            	Olaf de Hemmer
Business Consultant, France
												
				                Management Science

													@Olaf de Hemmer:  well, I agree with some of the reactions: management itself is not a science, but ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andre-Ambrosio ABRAMCZUK
Teacher, Brazil
												
				                Management is not a Science

													@Habib shamsi: I insist and repeat: Management is not science, but activity that can be studied scie... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jose Luis Roces
Professor, Argentina
												
				                Management Science

													In my opinion it is a systemic social knowledge field, which includes practices and behaviors in all... Sign up
				              
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						            	Riungu Festus Kinyua
Lecturer, Kenya
												
				                Management is Both an Art and a Science

													Management is both an art and science:
- When you manage processes and systems in the workplace, a ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Don Berry
Manager, United States
												
				                The Most Effective Managers are Artists ... not Scientists

													@Graham Williams:  Exactly! Those who view management as a science focus on processes and tweaking f... Sign up
				              
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						            	Meshesha
Financial Consultant, Ethiopia
												
				                No Universal Meaning of Management

													All ideas raised above seem sound, but how can we reach on similar conclusion. We have been learning... Sign up
				              
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						            	Riungu Festus Kinyua
Lecturer, Kenya
												
				                Manager have to be Artistic

													Strategy is an art, dealing with people is an artistic process, and systems are normally fixed and r... Sign up
				              
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						            	Thob
Accountant
												
				                Management is Bigger than Science

													To me management is not a science but rather something bigger than science. Scientists can agree wit... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tim Dibble
Project Manager, United States
												
				                Management is not a Science

													A science is based on the scientific principle. Establish a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gabi Levin
Israel
												
				                Management is an Illusive Concept

													In continuation to @my previous post - where I suggested it is a discipline based on science and art... Sign up
				              
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						            	MUCHERWA NGONI
Student (University), Zimbabwe
												
				                Management Can Be an Exact Science!

													70% of management is a science. 30% is art. Management is a science because you can falsify your ass... Sign up
				              
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						            	Vincent Miholic
Manager, United States
												
				                Practice Ignores Rigorous, Valid Research

													In this stream, @Javier Elenes quotes Drucker, "Management is Practice." What's missing? Not inexact... Sign up
				              
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						            	mccarthy, United Kingdom
												
				                Studying Management is Social Science; Managing is Not.

													Exactly... Not sure why other people find this so difficult to grasp. Or try and fudge it! Studying ... Sign up
				              
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						            	eduardo oliva
Professor, Mexico
												
				                Apply Management Combining Arts and Sciences

													Excellent managers usually apply a successful combination of arts and sciences, both in a rational a... Sign up
				              
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						            	mccarthy, United Kingdom
												
				                Science is Science

													Wrong and right. Management doesn't apply the scientific model to their work. They think they may do... Sign up
				              
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						            	Delfor Ibarra
Consultant, Argentina
												
				                Management as Inexact Art

													Each particular science has revealed its inaccuracy and after that each individual has attempted to ... Sign up
				              
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						            	WALTER CASQUINO
Professor, Peru
												
				                The Best Managers / Parents

													The head of a family deals with his family problems with basic management features. Although he give... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Management and “Science” - Discuss

													Words have definitions. People interpret or re-apply these giving new meanings and referents. The va... Sign up
				              
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						            	eduardo oliva
Professor, Mexico
												
				                Management is not a Science

													Management it is not a science for none of its phenomenology can be replicable and, thus, approachab... Sign up
				              
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						            	Magassouba
Manager, Guinea
												
				                Why Management is a Science

													In my opinion it's a Science because it constitutes an organized knowledge from different practices ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andre-Ambrosio ABRAMCZUK
Teacher, Brazil
												
				                Is Management an Inexact Science?

													Science is an "offline" activity. Some activities are "offline", applying scientific principles, for... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Science or Knowledge

													@Magassouba: Magassouba / Editor "Organised knowledge is science" Hmm; literally yes. However I beli... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Is Management a Science

													@Maurice Hogarth: I agree, a library is not a science, nor is 12manage. They merely support science.... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
												
				                Management is Practicing System Laws

													@Jaap de Jonge: I suggest we take the Art v Science argument to a lower level of granularity: to the... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Science Says Management Isn’t a Science

													@Jaap de Jonge: A need to clarify: Can a library of novels be an aid to “science”?
Science comes fr... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Management is Both a Science and Practice

													@Maurice Hogarth: In my opinion, the models and methods that are described on 12manage certainly aim... Sign up
				              
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						            	Mrs. Sayran Ghafuri
Coach, Iraq
												
				                Management Science

													Management can be viewed as the science of systems formation: a business system, a state system, a h... Sign up
				              
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						            	Mrs. Sayran Ghafuri
Coach, Iraq
												
				                'Management is Both a Science and Practice' 

													@Jaap de Jonge: In fact, all sciences were practices before writing books in them and conducting stu... Sign up
				              
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