Elements of a Philosophy of Management and Organization
Managing as a form of human action has an inherent link with philosophy, which is also concerned with choosing the right action and the best way to lead our lives. Management theory and philosophy can join forces in epistemology (the philosophy of knowled
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Peter Koslowski
John Boatright George Brenkert Alexander Brink James M. Buchanan Christopher Cowton Richard T. De George Thomas Donaldson Jon Elster Amitai Etzioni Michaela Haase Bernard Hodgson† Carlos Hoevel Ingo Pies Deon Rossouw Yuichi Shionoya Phillipe Van Parijs Josef Wieland
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Elements of a Philosophy of Management and Organization
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ISSN 1431-8822 ISBN 978-3-642-11139-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-11140-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-11140-2 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922456 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface Managing as human action has an inherent link with philosophy in epistemology, ethics, and cultural theory. The epistemology of management concerns the question of how management can improve its ability to create knowledge about managing the firm and about using management theory in the management task. Management ethics investigates the question what the right actions of management are, and the cultural theory of management examines how corporate culture can increase the cooperation within the firm and how cultural surplus value of products can increase the firm’s value creation. The Forum for Business Ethics and Business Culture of the German Philosophical Association and the Research Group “Philosophy of Management and Organisations - Filosofie in Bedrijf”, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – VU University Amsterdam, intend with this book to emphasize that the impact of the disciplines of philosophy for management and business go beyond “business ethics” although ethics remains one of the three central disciplines by which philosophy is relevant for t
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