A Management Theory Jungle

Although academic writers and theorists contributed notably little to the study of management untill the early 1950s- previous writings having come largely from practitioners- the past four to five decades have seen a veritable deluge of writing from the academic halls. The variety of approaches to management analysis, the amount of research, and the great number of differing views have resulted in much confusion as to what management is, what management theory and science is, and how managerial events should be analyzed. As a matter of fact, Harold Koontz many years ago called this situation "the management theory jungle."
Since that time, the vegetation in this jungle has changed somewhat- new approaches have developed and older approaches have taken the developments of management science and theory still have the characteristics of a jungle.
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Fundamentals of Management : Introduction [BBA 2305]