The Handbook of Philosophy of Management addresses the philosophical foundations of management in theory and practice. It covers established branches of philosophy, such as aesthetics, epistemology, moral philosophy, political and social philosophy, philosophy of education, philosophy of practice, and philosophy of science. The Handbook's broad scope maps out the field and provides a forum where philosophy can be meaningfully applied to the study of management in all its forms. The original, peer-reviewed research published here sheds new light on the complexities of management theory and practice, beyond what hitherto has been possible with the sole application of the social sciences. As philosophy provides a meta-framework for moving beyond paradigm fragmentation within management research and education, this allows researchers and practitioners to find harmony (and discord) in the perspectives revealed by a philosophical lens.

The first comprehensive handbook to map out the field of philosophy of management Sets the terms of reference for philosophy of management as a discipline in its own right Encourages managers, researchers and philosophers to develop the discipline through mutual interaction

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Cristina Neesham is Associate Professor of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Newcastle University Business School, United Kingdom. She applies social philosophy methods to issues of environmental sustainability, ethics of technology, and business strategy innovation. Her research focuses on interdependencies between individual and group behaviours, social norms and institutional-regulatory regimes in creating, as well as addressing, global systemic problems. Her work has been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Project Management and Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, among others. In particular, she has published on philosophy of needs in organization studies, philosophical foundations of qualitative research and philosophical research paradigms in responsible management education, in Routledge, Sage and Springer anthologies. Cristina serves as Associate Editor of Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (formerly Business Ethics European Review) and Executive Board member of Philosophy of Management.

Markus Reihlen is Professor of Strategic Management at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. His research interests are quite diverse, ranging from strategic and international management to corporate and digital entrepreneurship, professional services and professions, as well as to the application of a realist philosophy for explaining organizational behaviour. He has recently worked with process theories and new methodologies for conducting qualitative meta-studies. He is author and co-editor of eight books on various management topics. His work has appeared in such journals as Accounting Organization & Society, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Professions and Organization, and Research in the Sociology of Organization. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Professions and Organization.

Dennis Schoeneborn is Professor of Organization, Communication, and CSR at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Visiting Professor of Organization and Management at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. His main research areas are organization theory, organizational communication, CSR communication, digital communication, and new forms of organizing. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Business & Society, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Studies, among others. He serves as associate editor at Business & Society and as member of the editorial board at Management Communication Quarterly and Organization Studies. During 2015-2020 he served as head coordinator of the Standing Working Group "Organization as Communication" at the European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), together with Nicolas Bencherki, Timothy R. Kuhn, François Cooren, and Consuelo Vásquez.

Inhalt
Aesthetics of Management.- Epistemology of Management.- Metaphysics.- Moral Philosophy and Normative Ethics.- Philosophical Reflections on Issues in Contemporary Management Science.- Philosophy and Research Methodology.- Social and Political Philosophy.