The Logics of Management

Authors
Citation
L. Cummings, L., The Logics of Management, Academy of Management review , 8(4), 1983, pp. 532-538
ISSN journal
03637425
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1983
Pages
532 - 538
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
This paper defines and articulates two contrasting logics underlying the intellectual structure of management.The implications of these logics for the development of management knowledge and for managing are presented. Integration of the logics yields a prescriptive framework aimed at defining the characteristics of an instrumental organization.