Epistemological analysis of administration science: advances, frontiers and perspectives

The aim of the article is to outline the majority epistemic currents in Administration Science, considering their advances, frontiers and perspective and aims to promote epistemic reflections on the main administrative currents, especially within the organizational context, recognized for its diversity and propensity to conflicts. In seeking to achieve this objective, the method used was the review of the literature on the topic, correlating them in the end with the context of Organizations: their specificities, objects of analysis and positioning regarding the object. Among the main results, we can highlight the importance of (re)thinking an epistemology that views organizations as complex and multidimensional in terms of their objectives, going beyond pragmatic and/or managerial definitions that are still present in Administration studies. Furthermore, the research highlighted the importance of the concept “Epistemology” as an instrument for acquiring knowledge, identifying its logical, sociological, historical and interdisciplinary importance in organizational studies. No less important, this research's contribution is to point out the appreciation of alternative epistemological assumptions, such as Dialectic, to enrich the debate on organizations by their Administrators, recognizing that they are complex environments and new approaches to the relationships that are established within them. In conclusion, the research recognizes and emphasizes the debate of carrying out other investigations that bring new epistemological reflections, as well as directing them in undergraduate administration courses, providing the development of knowledge; critical reflection; knowledge sharing and informed decision-making. Questions that become essential to think about in organizations today.