Universality Of Management

There is a controversy about the universality of management. The question whether management is universally applicable or not has attracted attention of management scholars and practitioners alike. Settlement of this controversy is necessary to determine the extent to which management knowledge developed in on country can be transmitted to other countries. If it is universal, there is no problem in transferability of management knowledge. In its absence, there is serious question on the universal use of management knowledge developed in a country. However, opinions about the universal applicability of management are not uniform. There are two divergent types of arguments; one suggests that management is universally applicable and another suggests that it is not universally applicable. Therefore, it is essential to overcome this problem so that Indian managers can take adequate precautions while applying management concepts developed in other
countries, mostly in developed countries.