Such work takes issue with positivist epistemology
in the field of management, insofar as it perpetuates
the belief that managers face an objective reality that they can
control by applying suitable methods for a rational assessment
of the problematic situation in order to come up with
the correct solution. The consequence of this is a proliferation
of methods, tools, analytical techniques, and applied
instruments with which management itself becomes identified.
Management skills and knowledge are reduced to
value-neutral competence, ignoring the political aspect of
organisations, and ethical and moral issues, reinforcing the
belief that management can be conceptualised in a technical
way by agreeing on terminology and meaning.