Management Science

 I BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS THE OBJECT OF RESEARCH

Olaf Flak*

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Abstract

This paper reflects on the development of management sciences. The author presents which a contemporary researcher encounters during his attempt to explain organizational reality and also some main approaches to theoretical and empirical research in sciences. The reflections are effects of several year of studies on the system of organizational terms.

Key words: management sciences, ontology, epistemology, sources of knowledge, scientific standards

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