Management: Towards a Unified Field Theory

This article is a “theme” review of three books written by management theorists of high repute. (It follows in the footsteps of a piece published here 4 years ago [Frisch, 1995].) These authors approach management from very different perspectives. But to quote Frisch, “Unfortunately, every con-ceptualization and interpretation needed to arrive at a theory represents the point of view or, more generally, the value system of the observer, and objectivity is just an illusion. The same ‘facts’ can have different meanings for different people; and even the same people may view the facts differently depending on the time and situation” (Frisch, 1995).