management is it a science or an art?

Answer 1

Both and if you goof it up, you have a mess on your hands

Answer 2

Is knowledge management an art or science? Is management an art or science? Can knowledge creation and dissemination be viewed as art or science? In my thinking, answers to all these questions have some characteristics of both art and science. Knowledge management is an art, because it requires defining a new way of looking at the nature of organizations, nature of work, nature of information [technology], and the interrelationships thereof. It may also be described as science, because it also encompasses development of truisms that are often represented as best practices with their emphasis is on measurement and replication of findings across contexts and domains.

Hence, it may be expected that science will always have its place in the definition, postulation and verifiability of 'truth,' however art will be needed to surface and question the assumptions underlying the given 'truths.'

Answer 3

People who think it's a science probably have unhappy employees. Crunching numbers, etc is a learned skill anybody can pick up, but getting a group of diverse individuals with their own agendas and expectations to perform well is an art.

Answer 4

I think it's more of an art. If you approach it as a science, you're likely to fall into a practice of "micro-management", which your employees will HATE! If it's more of an art, you make it more personal, and your employees appreciate that.

Answer 5

this is a perfect science implemeted artistcally