ON BULLSHIT MANAGEMENT – THE CRITICAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES PERSPECTIVE

• Published in: Economics & sociology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 302 - 368
• Main Author: Sułkowski, Łukasz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ternopil Centre of Sociological Research (NGO) 01-01-2019
• Subjects: Business communications; Corporate culture; Critical theory; Dictionaries; Epistemology; False information; Information technology; International relations; Internet; Literature reviews; Lying; Management; Marketing; Organizational research; Philosophers; Social networks; Social research; Social sciences; Strategic management; Studies; Theory
• ISSN: 2071-789X; 2306-3459
• DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2019/12-1/18

Harry Frankfurt established the discourse about "bullshit" in social sciences. However, in business and economics the concept is not that widely used. The purpose of this study is to explain the concept of "bullshit management". The method of research is qualitative, systematic literature review which includes bibliographical data from the Internet databases. The results leads us to two main meanings of "bullshit management". The first one is "humbug" language in business practice and the second is pseudo-scientific discourse in management theory. CMS could be the theoretical background for "bullshit management" thinking. In conclusion we underline that the critical approach to "bullshit management" could play the Ockham's razor role.