Is Management an Art or a Science?
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Neha said:
(Wed, Feb 15, 2012 04:17:57 PM)
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| According to me management is more of arts and less of science.Science is mainly all about creating and inventing new things based on preknown facts.And management is all about taking care of preexisting things.Making other people responsible in team.Judging people based on their skills.Fullfillment of needs of people.Making sure that people are satisfied with their work.Handling existing financial,economical,personal etc problems of individual and company so that it should not effect the growth and development of company. |
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Sunny said:
(Sun, Feb 5, 2012 05:50:02 PM)
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Hi to all,
In my view management is both art or science, because without art you can not manage man to do work and without science you can't know about new techniques to improve your work and facilities for workers. |
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Evance said:
(Mon, Jan 30, 2012 02:45:28 PM)
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Hi,
Why can't you see management as both science and art? Art involve use of skills and in management the manager must be skillfull to enable him make sound decissions for an organisation. As a science, the manager must be capable to do research on how certain isues are delt with through trial and error method. Therefore, it's both. |
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Aniket Butte said:
(Mon, Jan 23, 2012 04:05:45 PM)
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Hi All,
I think management is balanced combination of art and science. Management is the art as every one can't manage resources but if we learn in scientific way it will definitely help us improve our management skills. |
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Alim Jessore said:
(Thu, Jan 5, 2012 12:16:38 AM)
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| The management is the combination of science and arts because that arts is a manager but it performs given by science devices and thoughts. |
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Parvesh Parmar said:
(Thu, Nov 17, 2011 03:15:55 AM)
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Hi friend.
According to my view management is art and science. If we are say it is an art then it is not sufficent. Bec every compny want that mangement in compny remain good from lower level to upper level. But they also want that our organigation is growing up.
Today is very high competition bet the different organigation. So we also need the science for this. Like use the new method for scheduling, remove risk.
So the management part is constant in which and science part is dynamic. |
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Ramprasath said:
(Mon, Nov 14, 2011 05:11:17 PM)
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We always have a doubt whether it is an art or science. It is the oldest of arts and youngest of science, because it is of dynamic nature.
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Nnadi Obiora said:
(Wed, Nov 2, 2011 07:02:47 PM)
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| On my own contribution, I believe that Management contribute on both science and art, I would say its more to do with science coz, in everything u ar doing both in management course, their must be scientific. |
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Pawan Kumar said:
(Mon, Oct 24, 2011 06:29:26 PM)
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According to me, management is both art as well as science. We know that Scince is the organised body of knowledge and possessing of this knowledge is also an art.
Before few decades we used to say that, managers are born not made. But todays technology and some world class institutes have prove that with the help specific training and classes we can made excillent managers. |
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Ruby Barnwal said:
(Sun, Sep 18, 2011 12:54:02 PM)
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Hi.
According to me, management is both art and science.
It is because it deals with people as well as resources. Management take input and transforms it into output by using administrative skills as well as their intelligence.
So science and arts are not mutually exclusive but it is complementory with each other that means an art which uses science in it to get better outcomes. |
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Charu said:
(Sun, Jun 19, 2011 09:25:38 AM)
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Hi friends,
According to me management is both art and science. Because nowadays most of the students who finished their higher secondary in science and proceeding their ug degree in art. So that peoples having the knowledge about both art and science then they can manage any critical situation. And be good manager too. |
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Jesse Brogan said:
(Sun, Jun 5, 2011 03:51:59 PM)
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To all,
As a management engineer (technical support for managers), I do have a very specific view. First, we must separate management (gaining performance through those who are managed) from supervision (maintenance of resources).
Supervision has no result, nothing measurable to gain, and accordingly cannot be managed. By definition, management does have something to gain through the efforts of those who are managed; it has a measurable difference between success and failure.
Science is a gathering and organization of knowledge/observation for the purpose of predicition. Where we are addressing a result, there is definitely a science of performance. Industrial engineering provides the principles and approaches that guide managers to application.
Management, in its application, deals with a gathering of individuals for a productive purpose; and people are only predictive in a statistical sense. In all else, they are individuals and working with them to bring people to a common and interactive purpose is a high art form.
Those who work in the productive environment know the ability to apply the basic principles of industrial engineering, and that they do work to effect. There is a science of management.
Any who work in supervision know the art of management, and use it regularly in dealing with people to bring them to common purpose and productive unity, neither of which can be attained in any final level of perfection. The art is both intimate and reactive.
I say management is an artistic application that has a scientific foundation, even if that foundation has been largely ignored by many who work in management.
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Ajay said:
(Sun, Jun 5, 2011 11:00:44 AM)
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| What I believe is that management is an art because knowing many things doesnt assure using them properly. Till the time we don't have good skills/art, we cant express our views and knowledge (science) to others in a appropiate way. Knowing the art of management helps to use the knowledge properly in the best and suitable way. |
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Pushpender Singh Negi said:
(Fri, Jun 3, 2011 10:31:15 PM)
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After reading every body's view about this topic...
What i think, Management is neither an art nor a science..It is just that if u have got d skills of managing something, u can do it wdout evn having any info abt ART nd Science things.(well Y we talk frm d point of view of managing business only.letz say managing anythng be it household task be it going for adventure and managing dat joiurney from start till end). Inborn skills r always required to withstand anythng.Unless one is equipped wd inborn skills like interpersonal, communicational and persuasive skills, nomatter who ever u r nd where ever u r, No person on this earth can make u gud at managing smthng. |
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Shefali said:
(Sun, May 15, 2011 01:29:50 PM)
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Greetings to all,
In my opinion i would like to mention a few points..
What do we mean by management in lame terms,,. managing people, managing resources, using them and getting the best out of them and best for them.
So isnt there a science for managing people.. ? human resource development is inst there a science for managing resources ? allocation theory, maximum output minimum input.. is there.
So all in all management is based on various aspects which have their own sciences to study and understand.
It is just a combination of various sciences that needs to handled appropriately. Any field needs the basic inclination to get success but it is based on the science inside a persons head.
Mothers are great managers.. but even they have learned it from someone.. and the science behind things...
So in my view its a conglomeration of various sciences. |
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Krishna Mohan Sharma said:
(Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:04:32 AM)
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Hi friends,
Management is both an art and science. Almost anyone can learn how to be a manager but the art of it is to become a great manager. Anyone can see the results of a bad manager easy enough but what happens when you have a good manager in circumstances that heavily tax his ability to manage? What happens when the good manager under too much stress for too long has a bad day? The answer may be that he becomes a bad manager. What happens to a great manager when he faces hardships that would crush most managers? He innovates he takes the weaknesses of his situation and tries to make them strengths. In the hardest times is when you find the greatest managers and these managers bring this science to an art form. |
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Vikram said:
(Sat, Jan 29, 2011 03:15:13 PM)
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| In my point of view it's an art of utilizing science in it.. the richest and successful entrepreneur in the world don't have any degree in management.A housewife who manages a house also don't have a degree in mngt. but they no the art of management.. science helps to analyze any problem and also facilitate the understanding of the management.. a manager should have scientific approach with an art of application of this science. |
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Dinesh Kumar said:
(Wed, Nov 10, 2010 12:35:08 PM)
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Hi to all,
In my point of view management is an art not the science. Many of person done their business well not learning of science. They done their business successfully till now. So management is an art. |
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Priti said:
(Fri, Oct 1, 2010 01:29:48 PM)
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| One more thing which we can notice to prove that management is the art more than science is the great businessmen Bill gates, Dhirubhai Ambani and Tata Birla who handled their business successfully without doing MBA or any other coaching or learning of science. |
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Priti said:
(Fri, Oct 1, 2010 01:09:44 PM)
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Hello everyone. !.
I agree with Tasneem. As we all know management is human being's inborn skill, used by him in his daily work. So by default we can say that management is art but it should be improved by scientific techniques for more accurate solution. Science involved in management is time saving machine as it save our time by giving us good techniques and other's experiences in this field. So science is a necessary requirement of a perfect management system.
My one friend said that it is mixture of art and science but I will say that it is compound of art and science having proportion 3:2 respectively. |
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Bky said:
(Fri, Sep 17, 2010 01:25:21 PM)
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In my point of view management is largely depends upon art, because there are business existence before management science existence. So to achieve the business goals it is not necessary to knowledge of management science but, with the science you will go in a right way towards your goals relatively faster than having only art.
So having well knowledge of both will lead you very fast towards your targets. |
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Tasneem said:
(Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:55:09 AM)
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Hi everyone!.
In my point of view, management is more a science than art. At the same time a bit of art will help a person to be the one among thousand. This is so because in management, it is not that a person, whose view is not questioned, is the best. The best manager is the one who can make people agree with his wise decisions by his communicative and administrative skills.
Without having the basic knowledge about the management, no one can be good manager. Science plays a crucial role in generating a manager. The past experiences and trends recorded in the books give a brief idea about the management techniques. Self intelligence is required to excel in every field. Same is the case with management. It requires an amalgam of art and science. |
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Sharukh Khan said:
(Wed, Sep 8, 2010 01:00:46 AM)
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| Definetly I too support the above, Because only two type people can do management who has very good technical knowledge (base knowledge) or who can fascinate the group by their inter personel skills. |
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Nikosh said:
(Sun, Jul 18, 2010 11:56:04 PM)
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| Hi, I am also agree with them. according to them and my opinion is the management is combination both art and science. If they are good at management stage they know about art and science then only can manage everything within time. |
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Kamal said:
(Mon, Jul 12, 2010 06:07:57 AM)
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| I agree with vinay's point according to my point of view the management skills is both arts and science because the managing person not only having the deep knowledge in that area he must know how to tackle the suituation in the suituation of problem created. |
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Nitesh said:
(Sun, Jul 11, 2010 11:14:40 AM)
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| According to me management is combination of both art and science. It is a art as it depends on how we manages something. With knowledge we must have a way of properly using it which is a art. Also it is a science because scientific techniques can improve the performance and quality of management. |
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Vinay said:
(Wed, Jul 7, 2010 10:38:57 AM)
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| Hi..to all of u. according to management is both the art and science. One should study the science and art of managing the system. system i here refer to is a management body. If a manager with a lack of knowledge lead him to wrong decision. Here the company future is completely depend on the decision of manager. One wrong step may take the whole process into drain. Hence management is art of doing thing in right way with education of science. art can be achieved only while doing things. |
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Ashu said:
(Mon, Jul 5, 2010 12:52:40 PM)
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| Hi, to all of u. According to me management is the combination of both art and science. because to manage anything a manager need both knowledge and science. If a manager have lack of knowledge or he did not know how it can manage than even he had scientific awareness then he can't manage it. So management is the combination of both art and science. |
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Vibhor said:
(Mon, Jul 5, 2010 01:51:55 AM)
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| According to me management is more an art than a science.Management is all about representing skills ,way to present yourself among people etc .If a person is lacking in the art of their is no use of science too as said by my friend pawan. |
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Pawan said:
(Sat, Jul 3, 2010 10:22:21 AM)
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I think it is a combination of both arts and science
but if i had to take a side. I would say its more to do with science coz of the various scientific management studies have shown that taking a scientific approach to management improves quality n performance manifolds but to be fair it all comes down to how the manager utilizies this science.
So if he doesnt have the art of implying this science this science is of no use. So management is a mixture of both art and science. |
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Harshith said:
(Mon, Jun 28, 2010 05:10:02 AM)
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Hi friends . I feel that Management is an assortment of both arts and science .
A good manager should not only have the intelligence , but also the administratory skills . For this , he have to be in touch with arts .
Of course , if he is an enterpriser , then he should have the scientific approach , to compete in this brisk-moving scientific world. Most of the companies need engineers and architects . So to assist them , scientific awareness is crucial .
While to deal with different government policies , trade restrictions , tax payments , bilateral ties etc , one must have a steady awareness upon arts subjects such as politics & economics . |
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Sivakumar said:
(Sat, Jun 26, 2010 09:13:57 AM)
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Hi All,
In my point of view, it is actually more of Art than Science.
Because, a huge part of Management is leadership, and no matter how many books and courses you take on the subject, if you don't have it in you, then the best you can be is a poor manager. A manager, even with the right innate skills, can make a lot of obvious mistakes if he didn't study well.
For managing a small business science may not be need. But, in this fast growing world, a good management for managing bigger business definitely requires the help of science for task scheduling, risk analysis, results projection etc. |
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