Basic Concepts of Management Theory: From the Origins to the Realities of Modernity
The article devoted to the problems of changing the perception and application of the basic concepts of management science and practice, such as rational management, organizational culture, fair remuneration, and others. The author examines the origins of the modern concept of “management philosophy” in such well-known works as, for example, Aristotle's “Ethics”. Some of the principles of ancient Greek business ethics (honesty, work) became the basis of Protestant ethics, which is based on Western European and American modern capitalist civilization. In the modern realities of management, these concepts have changed, therefore, a new perception of the management philosophy is necessary, a gradual rethinking of the basic concepts, one of the attempts of such a rethinking is made by the author.