Management geography - making place for space in management thought

• Autorzy: Suwala Lech , Pachura Piotr , Schlunze Rolf D.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2022.25.2.21

Warianty tytułu

PL

Geografia zarządzania - poszukiwanie miejsca dla przestrzeni w koncepcjach zarządzania

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The purpose of the paper is to introduce the interdisciplinary research stream called Management geography towards the broadly defined field of management studies. Management geography is targeting the nexus between ‘space and management’ and encompasses the study of spatial factors, spatial dimensions and spatial conditions of management processes in, by and between organizations. Research about space is not well established in management thought. Space is predominantly investigated within the borders of the organization, is imagined only implicitly, and will generally be substituted by strategy, structure, control, hierarchy, or other organizing elements. Management was born as a handson discipline, thus avoiding getting entangled in abstract phenomena or concepts like space or just taking them for granted. By providing a focused overview of the understandings of space in classical management theory and recent approaches, we outline shortcomings, unexploited potentials and new avenues necessary to address current spatial challenges in a globalized and hyperconnected world through the lenses of Management geography. Results highlight that understanding spaces, in particular, also between and outside of the organization can contribute to both explaining managerial and organizational success or failure as a spatial differentiating factor and allowing for a more balance approach towards the multifaceted management coordination of spaces in, by, between and around organizations.

PL

Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie interdyscyplinarnego nurtu badawczego określonego jako geografia zarządzania w odniesieniu do szeroko rozumianej dziedziny nauk o zarządzaniu. Geografia zarządzania jest ukierunkowana na badanie wieloaspektowych powiązań między "przestrzenią a zarządzaniem". Nurt obejmuje badania czynników przestrzennych, wymiarów przestrzennych i uwarunkowań przestrzennych procesów zarządzania w organizacjach oraz przestrzennych powiązań międzyorganizacyjnych. Badania nad przestrzenią nie są silnie ugruntowane w teorii zarządzania. Przestrzeń w zarządzaniu bada się głównie jako przestrzeń wewnętrzną, w granicach organizacji, rozumiana jest najczęściej kontekstowo i zazwyczaj utożsamiana ze strategią, strukturą, kontrolą, hierarchią lub innymi elementami struktur organizacji. Warto zaznaczyć, iż zarządzanie narodziło się jako dyscyplina praktyczna, odrzucając tym samym analizę abstrakcyjnych zjawisk i pojęć, takich jak przestrzeń. Przedstawiając w niniejszym artykule przegląd interpretacji przestrzeni w klasycznej oraz współczesnej teorii zarządzania, autorzy prezentują luki badawcze oraz niewykorzystany potencjał badań nad przestrzeniami, które to badania wydają się uzasadnione z punktu widzenia obecnych wyzwań w zglobalizowanym i hiper-połączonym świecie. Badania w ramach nurtu geografia zarządzania pozwalają na interpretacje przestrzeni jako czynnika różnicującego i wyjaśniającego sukces lub porażkę menedżerską czy organizacyjną oraz umożliwiają wypracowanie zrównoważonych podejść do koordynacji wielowymiarowych przestrzeni organizacyjnych i poza organizacyjnych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

management geography'; management, spaces; organizations; business

PL

geografia zarządzania; przestrzenie organizacj; biznes

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 25, No. 2
• Strony: 323--340
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 62 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Suwala Lech

• Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

autor

Pachura Piotr

• Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland

autor

Schlunze Rolf D.

• Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).