BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT
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Harold Koontz
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Donalad J Clough
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Louis Allan
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Terry
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Detailed explanation-1: -Donald J. “Management is the art and science of decision-making and leadership.” The author views management as an art and science of decision-making. The quality of decisions determines the performance of a manager. He has also to provide leadership to subordinates for motivating them to undertake their work.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is considered a science as it has an organized body of knowledge comprising various universal truths. Management requires a specific skill set that needs the personal possession of managers, which is why it is also an art. Science gives knowledge, while art is the application of that knowledge and skills.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a flexible science & that is why its theories and principles may produce different results at different times and therefore it is a behavioral science. Ernest Dale has called it as a Soft Science.