This article responds to a call from Philosophy of Management (Vandekerckhove 2020) to open a discussion on the contribution of Albert Camus's work to management. The aim of this article is to argue that Camus's sense of cyclicality related to the recurrence of crises is particularly important for existential management. This idea is embodied primarily by Camus's famous retelling of the myth of Sisyphus, which is not only a provocative metaphor of his thoughts, as discussed by many authors, but is also an inspiring expression of the idea of ​​revolt, which is further developed in Camus's later work. The article focuses on recent updates to Camus's Sisyphean revolt in existentially oriented approaches to management. These are mainly the concepts of the existential manager, an analysis of managerial lived experience within existential hermeneutic phenomenology, and the perspective of an absurd organization. Camus's motif of cyclicality represents a stimulating framework for analysing lived managerial experience, which is characterized by alternating phases of success and failure. The article also draws attention to other important motives in Camus's work, such as avoiding extremes and idealistic constructs, and expressing the value of human life as a basis for ethical behaviour. All the mentioned motives are closely related to the concept of revolt. This article also provides several explanatory comments on the editorial, which help to take a closer look at Camus's style of thinking and avoid possible misinterpretations. In this respect, the distinction between Camus's approach and forms of existentialism is particularly important.

Department of Economic and Managerial Studies Faculty of Arts Palacký University Olomouc Olomouc 779 00 Křížkovského 12 Czech Republic

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