Organization and management: a general thoery-and its relevance to India

Abstract

An important field of study today is management. Although one generally thinks of business and industry in connection with the word "management", this term is on the way to acquiring a wider meaning. One speaks of management of defence, hospitals, education, research, etc. Since the concept of management originally comes from business and industry, we wish to examine whether in taking over this concept to other fields, basically it remains the same, or whether, when applied to other fields like education, defence, etc., the concept of management has to be based on foundations which are very different from those of business management.