組織の不条理と経営哲学

―世界標準の経営学の先にあるものを求めて―

抄録

 Based on “organizational economics” or “new institutional economics”, we can explain the strange phenomenon that human beings fail rationally rather than irrationally. Such a rational failure could be called “absurdity”. This absurd phenomenon cannot be avoided or solved only by economically rational management. Above all, in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to study a philosophical field called “philosophy of management”, which has received little attention from scholars in the United States. It is a philosophical field of study related to Peter F. Drucker, Konosuke Matsushita, and Yukichi Fukuzawa. According to Hideo Kobayashi, a well-known Japanese critic, this is a field that can be called “business administration based on a Japanese mind.” Today, many Japanese managers and scholars are interested in and consider this philosophical field of management to be important. Therefore, I think Japanese business scholars should contribute to the maintenance and development of this philosophical research field of management ahead of the rest of the world. Moreover, I think that such philosophical research on business administration is not behind global standard based management studies in the world, but rather beyond that. These things will be explained.