Phenomenology of the Management as the Eco-Empathic Leadership

Abstract

The negative tendencies in contemporary society and organisations occur as a result of technocratic culture (technopoly). To improve this situation, it is necessary to change the technocratic paradigm to an eco-empathic one. The paper presents phenomenology of management as the eco-empathic leadership. In this conception two crucial factors are combined – empathy and ecology. In practice of management the idea of the corporate sustainability is applied. It embraces both “hard” action – technical, as well as “soft” one – social. It gives a concrete form to “the triple bottom line” of management, which is seeking for such solutions to economic problems which are simultaneously: economically valuable, ecologically friendly and socially responsible.

Phenomenology as a meta-method is useful in building a basis for ontological, epistemological and methodological management theory. In this conception the main instrument of the phenomenological meta-method is “phenomenological lens”. Phenomenological lens focuses on what is ontological and what is ontic, existential and existentic, theoretical and practical. It allows for more accurate analysis of the given object recognition – a philosophical perspective views (ontological) and the perspective of sciences (ontic). Phenomenological method enables us to see what is superficial and rejected even though it is influential and fashionable, and focuses on what is the essence (eidos) of management.