Ontology Matters in Management Sciences - Magni, Luca
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Scientific Study from the year 2025 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management, , language: English, abstract: Management theory has been dominated by epistemology-driven models, which focus on how organizational knowledge is acquired and validated. This article argues for a fundamental ontological turn: a shift toward understanding what organizations are at their core. The author proposes the Theory of the Learnable, a novel ontological framework that reframes organizations as dynamic ecosystems of meaning. Grounded in Critical Realism and enriched by insights from…mehr

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Scientific Study from the year 2025 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management, , language: English, abstract: Management theory has been dominated by epistemology-driven models, which focus on how organizational knowledge is acquired and validated. This article argues for a fundamental ontological turn: a shift toward understanding what organizations are at their core. The author proposes the Theory of the Learnable, a novel ontological framework that reframes organizations as dynamic ecosystems of meaning. Grounded in Critical Realism and enriched by insights from neurosemantics, ecological psychology, and operational linguistics, the Learnable is defined as a structured semantic field of latent affordances-possibilities for meaning. The article introduces the Learnable Enhanced Bhaskarian Ontology (LEBO), adding a fourth stratum-the Learnable (Magni, 2011)-to Bhaskar's classic triad (the Real, Actual, and Empirical) to account for the mediating role of symbolic structures. The author demonstrates how language, particularly syntax and metaphor, functions as an attentional instrument that shapes perception, decision-making, and behaviour. Consequently, leadership is reconceptualized as Generative Leadership of Meanings-the practice of activating, profiling, and leading semantic affordances to foster coherence and adaptation. The framework provides a transdisciplinary foundation for a generative management science, positioning meaning as ontologically primary and causally powerful in organizational life.
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Luca Magni is a Professor of Practice at LUISS Business School in Rome - Italy. He has worked for a wide range of multinationals in Europe and his last Corporate position was as human resources director at Johnson and Johnson. He has authored a number of studies within the area of learning, problem-solving, transactional analysis, leadership, change management, mergers, and acquisitions. His most recent interests include the area of technology-enhanced research & learning and their possible contribution to sense-making and strategy development in organizations. In recognition of his post-graduate studies, he has been awarded an MSc in Organizational Psychology and a Ph.D. in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, by the University of Manchester and the University of Lancaster respectively.