Is Management an Art or a Science?

Management is both science and art. Science because it uses figures, graphs and other statistical methods in order to solve organisational problems. Art because it uses skills, experiences, and attitudes, not hard and fast rules, to solve organisational goals.

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What I feel management is both art as well as a science. Now how? See. It is a science because just like science is systematised body of knowledge which explains various universal truths in which knowledge is acquired on the basis of complete observations and experiments. Similarly management is also a systematised body of knowledge as it has its own theory and principles which are developed by management experts after years of research.

On other hand, Management is also an art. Now you should first of all know what is an art? Art means applying your existing knowledge skillfully practically in real life. And management is also an art as in the form of best work technique, helps the managers to face every type of situation successfully.

It is, therefore, we say that management is an amalgam of science and an art.

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Really the theme of science is theoretical when art is practical. SO it is important to mix up science with art for management to think and learn about a basic thing before starting it practically.

That's why I appreciate the term-management is both a science as well as an art.

Management is both science as well as arts. Science is that is learnt and arts is something which can be practiced. Science is to know and arts is to do. Management a soft science because its principles are not very rigid. Art refers to the skill to put into action a systematized body of knowledge for the achievement of a given task.

Management is a combination of Science and art. Modern business management systems relies and depends on information or knowledge which is science and the success of the organisation in this highly competitive and complex nature of business requires handling of business operations with skills and foresight to avoid crisis which is an art.

I should say that we should not ignore either science or art. According to me management is both science and an art. It is a science because it is the systematic body of knowledge and an art because it it involves putting of knowledge into practice.

Management is a soft science which consists of principles and theories proved out by experiments. For instance if every employees and employers work with full hearted then the business will turn out to be successful but in some case science may not work as humans are unpredictable. Science aims to give answers by predicting taking into account the work to be performed.

Management is also an art as it implies putting of knowledge into practice. Art aims to go on.

Continuing with the knowledge provided by science.

I think management is the combination of science and arts. Management is science, because managers make decision from a observation, statistics etc. On the other hand, management is arts, because it is relying heavily on conceptual, communication, interpersonal, and time management skill.

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In my opinion, management as both science and art.
Management regarded both science and art. Management is a science with a systematized body knowledge and universal application.
Management is an art it requires specific skill to be applied has the situation demands.
Management is the acquisition of knowledge and its skillful application for attainment of objectives.
Applied knowledge is more powerful and beneficial than simple knowledge.

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I think Management is an art as well as science also because, while doing the work in management field you are both types of thinking or process are used. We are used in emotionally, psychologically it is also art to handle the persons.

Management is both an art and a science.

It is considered as a science because it has an organized body of knowledge which contains certain universal truth. It is called an art because managing requires certain skills which are personal possessions of managers.

Simply speaking, Science provides the knowledge & art deals with the application of knowledge and skills.