Waldemar Walczak
University of Łódź

The aims and functions of management in scientific theories versus practice - an attempt to diagnose the sources of the arising discrepancies

The main aim of the article is to present author's reflections on the essence of management in practice. The author tries to answer the question why does the theory not always agree with the organizational reality. The conducted analysis is a conjunction of literature overview with practical knowledge from author's own professional experience.