Preimage of an Illusion: Psychological Science on Management.
The article establishes the connection between basic associations, which arise around the term “control”, and the understanding of management as a controlling process. Two basic images are examined, seizure of objects by hand and control of the human organism by consciousness. History of the psychological research of the role of consciousness in the human psyche brings to the conclusion that the controlling role of consciousness is an illusion. But given that the image of consciousness as the controlling structure logically precedes the understanding of the process of social control, misconceptions arising from the former are transferred into management theories, despite being disproved by the psychological science. The article analyses the consequences of this transfer.