In this article, we philosophically reflect on the nature of business management. We move beyond the political paradigm of the conceptualization of management in order to lay the ground for a philosophy of business management. First, we open-up the self-evident conceptualization of business management in contemporary management practices by comparing ancient and contemporary definitions of management. Second, we develop a framework with six dimensions of the nature of business management that can guide future philosophical and empirical work on the nature of business management: management control, people management, asset management and entrepreneurial action, management as participation, management as responsive action and management as constituting meaning.

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什么是（商业）管理？为管理哲学奠定基础

在本文中，我们从哲学上反思企业管理的本质。我们超越了管理概念化的政治范式，为企业管理哲学奠定了基础。首先，我们通过比较古代和现代管理的定义，打开当代管理实践中企业管理的不言而喻的概念化。其次，我们开发了一个包含企业管理本质的六个维度的框架，可以指导未来关于企业管理本质的哲学和实证工作：管理控制、人员管理、资产管理和创业行动、作为参与的管理、作为响应行动的管理和管理作为构成意义。