There are fundamental principles of management that involve labor costs, profit margins, quarterly reports, etc. These elements of management have formulas and procedures that are consistent and reliable and must be applied with a scientific precision.
On the other hand, management involves, most times, the coordination of a team of human beings and their efforts. The human factor is not scientific. Managers deal with personalities, personal strengths and weaknesses, illnesses, family stresses and demands for their workers, and all sorts of other things that can't be predicted or measured with a scientific formula or procedure.
The most effective managers, therefore, are able to find a balance between applying the science while never forgetting that you are managing humans and not machines.
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