Is Management an Art or a Science?
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Emmanuella said:
1 decade ago
Management is like a coin with both sides, it can be regarded as science and at the same time art science because: it deals with collection of data and hypothesis which must be done scientifically and also systematically and on the other hand art because: it requires some basic body of knowledge and it also gives room for creativity.
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Priyanka said:
1 decade ago
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.
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Amit said:
1 decade ago
Management is an amalgam of science and art but this combination cannot be in equal proportion. Management is regarded as an applied science. As an applied scientist, a manager possesses the skill to use his knowledge into practice in the working of an org. Just as a doctor has to translate his knowledge into curing the patients.
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Ayivor Derrick Fortune said:
9 years ago
In my view, that management is an art as well as a science because both are complimentary and mutually supportive. It is a science because it has an organized body of knowledge which contains certain universal truth. It is also an art because it requires certain skills which are the personal qualities possessed the manager.
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Abdul barr said:
1 decade ago
Hi, in my opinion, the best response to the question is that it is both. Definition of art and science would be helpful in understanding this. Louis A. Allen defines an art as '' a skills exercised in terms the individual personality of the practitioner''. By this we can say that management has certain artistic components.
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Jilfae Andrews said:
8 years ago
Management is both an art and science. This is because one must possess a working knowledge before one can practice. The science of Management is the possession of proven facts or working knowledge and it's also the practice of the acquired or proven knowledge to solve a problem. So Management is both an art and a science.
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Srirup Chakraborty said:
8 years ago
It can be said that management is a combination of art and science because both the principles of art and science are present in it but we cannot call it a pure art or science. It said that it is an old art and a comparatively new science and it will continue to be an art in the future till it turns into a pure science.
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Melat Terefe said:
1 decade ago
With in my judgment Art & Science are the two sides of the Management coin. Like the actual sense is neither Science nor Art but requires both to be successful, that is it isn't really pure art because it uses scientific method, its more like the Art of Management begins where the Scientific Management stops.
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Sachin W said:
10 years ago
Hi,
I feel Management is a good combo of Art and Science; as part of Management one need to deal to Humans and every individual is so unique in him/herself that to manage them one need to be able to have an emotional cord with others and also need to be work within certain boundaries of process and procedures.
I feel Management is a good combo of Art and Science; as part of Management one need to deal to Humans and every individual is so unique in him/herself that to manage them one need to be able to have an emotional cord with others and also need to be work within certain boundaries of process and procedures.
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Shalabh Saxena said:
1 decade ago
Management is art and science both because whatever we plan, organize, direct, control over the different situations in the life.
Management tells us that how much efficiency can be achieved by doing a particular act.
It is also provide the capability of taking decision towards the goals of the life as well.
Management tells us that how much efficiency can be achieved by doing a particular act.
It is also provide the capability of taking decision towards the goals of the life as well.
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