Intuition and its maskstraps of the illogical in contemporary managerial theory

Resumo

The privileged space, in recent years occupied by the concept of intuition as concerns the contemporary managerial thought, has not been accompanied by an intellectual effort toward a deeper investigation of the nature of decisions taken under its inspiration. This article examines the treatment given to intuition in different areas of knowledge, being its conclusion that the difficulty of a critical approach to said concept by the administration results from an attempt at minimizing the destructive consequences that the notion of ambiguity and complexity - inherent to the idea of intuition - represents to the contemporary managerial theory, that remains markedly influenced by the rational/analytical paradigm supporting classical models of decision-making. The authors draw attention to the snares of an apparently innovative argumentation intended to valorize intuition but which, in reality and due to its ingrained superficiality, docs nothing more than to reaffirm prevailing managerial values.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

1993

Instituição

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)

Fonte

Revista de Administração Pública

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/8702

Palavras-chave

Intuition in Managementadministrative rationalitydecision-making processparadigms of management.La intuición en la gestiónracionalidad administrativaproceso de toma de decisionesparadigmas de gestión.Intuição na gerênciaracionalidade administrativaprocesso decisórioparadigmas da administração.