According to chapter 5 of your textbook, why are rationalistic, science-based views of managing culture such as those recommended by Lex Donaldson, commendable but unrealistic?

a. Unlike scientists, anyone can call themselves a manager given there is no professional body to ensure all managers are scientifically qualified to practice ‘management’ correctly
b. Managers change tack every ten minutes and cannot sift through scientific evidence before they make a decision on every organizational issue or problem – in other words they rarely act ‘rationally’ and even consult astrology, movies and so on
c. What managers do, and what academic researchers do, typically belong in a world of different rationalities
d. All of the above


d. All of the above

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