Management Controvercies: The Divergence and Convergence

Abstract

The paper examines the different perspectives in which contributions were made into the development of management thought. The objective is to examine the similarities and differences on existing contributions and how it has impacted on the development of management thought. The paper also highlights newly introduced concepts and asserts that these concepts will form the basis for current and future management controvercies as academic, practising and retire managers will continue to discuss them from different perspectives.The paper concludes that the state of management thought will continue to be controvercial since the contributors to the development of management are from different academic background and their views about organizations largely depends on the area of their disposition and also because management is all about human attitude and perception about the emerging situation in their immediate environment.