Ideology in the Context of Management Thought: A Critical Philosophical Analysis of its Indications, Motives and Effects

Abstract

By means of critical analytical methodology, this research addresses an absent issue in the Arabic literature of management, where it sheds light on the epistemological conceptual framework of the term ideology as a background of management thought, seeking to show the semantics of this problematic term in the literature, as well as explore its explicit and implicit implications, its positive and negative effects on the administrative thought.
This research concluded that managerial ideology has many manifestations, which contain both negative and positive effects theoretically and practically on the managerial thought, indicating to what may be called the fashionization of management, i.e. the tendency to use management terms neither for its scientific depth nor organizational benefits, but for its glamour and being among the buzzwords. Based on research findings, a set of proposed topics for future research was recommended including the adoption of qualitative research to explore the investigated phenomenon in its cultural and social context.
The research also presented a set of practical recommendations, which is intended primarily at improving the quality of the Arab management thought, theoretically and practically in light of an accurate policy in the field of human resources, organizational behavior, and the rest of the related fields.