محاولة تحديد مفهوم العقلانية في حقل الإدارة

Abstract EN

The concept of rationality is one of the most controversial concepts among researchers, managers, and many other fields of knowledge such as economic, human, and behavioral sciences.

In spite of the many studies and fields that interested in the research of such concepts through regular methods to obtain knowledge and try to clarify the rules governing them, and knowledge of the interrelations between them and other administrative concepts such as: information, intuition, decision-making process according to scientific method, to define and define only some aspects of this concept, which has made the search to define the concept of rationality in the field of management is still in constant evolution and in great challenge.

The purpose of this article is to attempt to define the concept of rationality in the field of management by presenting and analyzing the views of the management thinkers, focusing on Herbert Simon's research in determining its content, dimensions, approaches, and its relation to other management concepts.