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Abstract
The Dutch Association for Management (NIVE) thinking in the areas of human systems manage ment. organized a conference on 17th N ovem ber 1988 in Rotterdam on the theme "Management & Philoso HSM Editors do not wish to hold philosophers' phy". Chairman was S.l. Doorman, professor of thinking as something to be "imported," accepted, philosophy at Delft Technical University. Some or adopted, they want to illustrate the increasing 350 delegates attended and 8 papers were delivered importance of managers' own philosophical reflec at this event. This special issue of "Human Systems tion in the era of knowledge and human integra tion. There are strong signals that so called manage Management" contains most of these papers. The Editors of Human Systems Management ment "theories" (which are neither theories nor have decided to provide a forum for philosophers' deal with management) are finally starting to aban view of management because it is most unlikely that don their narrow, disciplinary, specialized and any other journal would. HSM's commitment to reductionistic bias and preference. Instead, the no broader contexts of history and evolution, integra tions of self-reference, human systems, self-pro duction, multidimensionality, self-management, tion rather than specialization, systems instead of narrow "techniques", knowledge, globalization self-organization, ecosystems and knowledge pro and business ecosystems - all this makes inputs duction are starting to permeate not only the mod from philosophy indispensable. ern management systems practice, but also into the Most management systems thinkers and practi academic literature itself. It is truly unexpected joy to read philosophers' tioners are going through an intense phase of philo sophical reflection. They do not necessarily need to reflections on management and HSM readers are rely on philosophy as a specialized logical discipline grateful for the rare opportunity. Perhaps, one day or technique, but the nature of their reflections is in the future, philosophers will be able to derive certainly philosophical. Although philosophers al similar joy from reading managers' reflections ways reflected on knowledge as a depository of wis upon philosophy. Both groups are (or should be) dom, managers need deeper understanding of concerned with humans and human circumstance - knowledge as a productive force. Although phi an important concern, perhaps even more impor losophers have dealt with culture, managers need tant than the simple rules of mathematics, for deeper understanding of business ecosystems and malism of logic, spins of electrons or the speed of business ecology. In short, nobody will and can do light. our "philosophizing" for us. Yet, being exposed to leading philosophers' view We are grateful to the organizers and the speakers of management can help our own philosophical for their co-operation in producing this collection reflections to become more self-confident, more of interesting articles. Our special thanks go to Dr. streamlined and perhaps even bolder. The very Frits Schipper of the Vrije Universiteit and to limits and shortcominges of philosophers' view of Mr. Aernoud Witteveen of Bussum. business enterprise and management provide the necessary encouragement for the more assertive M. Zeleny lOS Human Systems Management 8 (1989) 251 0167-2533/89/$3.50 © 1989, lOS B.V.
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Human Systems Management – IOS Press
Published: Dec 1, 1989