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The main hypothesis of this paper is that though newer and contemporary administrative theories k... more The main hypothesis of this paper is that though newer and contemporary administrative theories keep coming up they cannot claim superiority over previous ones nor negate their relevance in explaining management phenomena. Therefore, academics, theorists and management practitioners ought to appreciate how vestiges of the past can coexist with contemporary approaches to administration to help them manage from a point of knowledge (Lunenburg & Irby, 2013). The study was descriptive and qualitative in nature and relied primarily on reviewing secondary information sources such as journal articles, books, conference paper, and internet data and analyzing to draw comparisons. The paper examined the characteristics of some classical, neo-classical and contemporary management theories with and highlighted their enduring contributions to contemporary management practice.
The main hypothesis of this paper is that though newer and contemporary administrative theories k... more The main hypothesis of this paper is that though newer and contemporary administrative theories keep coming up they cannot claim superiority over previous ones nor negate their relevance in explaining management phenomena. Therefore, academics, theorists and management practitioners ought to appreciate how vestiges of the past can coexist with contemporary approaches to administration to help them manage from a point of knowledge (Lunenburg & Irby, 2013). The study was descriptive and qualitative in nature and relied primarily on reviewing secondary information sources such as journal articles, books, conference paper, and internet data and analyzing to draw comparisons. The paper examined the characteristics of some classical, neo-classical and contemporary management theories with and highlighted their enduring contributions to contemporary management practice.