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Is management an Art? Support your answer.
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Management as an Art—Art is the bringing about a desired result through the application of skill. It is
concerned with the application of knowledge and skills.
Management is one of the most creative art as it require a vast knowledge and certain innovating,
initiating, implementing and integrating skills in relation to goals, resources, techniques and results. As
an art, management calls for a corpus of abilities, intuition and judgment and a continuous practice of
management theories and principles.
Management is an art because:
(1) The process of management does involve the use of know-how and skills.
(2) The process of management is directed towards the accomplishment of concrete results.
(3) Like any other art, management is creative in the sense that management creates new
situations needed for further improvement.
(4) Management is personalised meaning thereby that there's notest management. Every man in
this profession has his individual approach and technique in solving problems. The success of managerial
task is related with personality of the men, character and knowledge.
