Debating the ambiguous enterprise of management
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Abstract
There are significant ambiguities surrounding the academic discipline of management, which can be analysed in terms of three major debates.
First the professional status of management brings with it questions about restriction or access to management education, the control of curricular and the relative importance of basic, applied and consultancy-driven research.
Second, there are debates about the changing nature of management research, which require the accommodation of increasing diversity within management theory.
Finally, the ambiguities associated with these debates can be seen to have impacted on the development of management education, its accessibility and diversity. The ambiguities associated with these debates must be carefully managed if the discipline is to prosper. New organisational forms are needed to embed management teaching and research within the complex collaborative relationships of the many stakeholders involved.
Keywords
management, enterprise, ambiguity
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