Managing people at work

Abstract

The chapter raises a number of philosophical questions as regards thè phenomer.on 'Managing People at Work Questions raised include, for example, ‘how best do we conceive management philosophy? ’, ‘how best do we treat people at work? ', ‘what exactly do we mean by work? ’ and, with particular reference to Nigeria, thè chapter seeks to ansrwer thè question ‘what is thè appropriate attitude to work?" The chapter seeks to situate appropriate responses to these questions through thè use of thè analy ficai !.. 4s ofphilosophy. Through thè use of conceptual clarification and expository analysis, for example, thè chapter critically identifies two types of management philosophy vis-à-vis thè ir attendant philosophical conceptions of thè person. The chapter arrives at what it calls thè 'Sociability Approach' to managing people at work. The Sociability Approach is a man-centered approach which seeks to drcrw the attention of Human Resource Managers to that which make s the human resource ‘human’.