When using the following configuration an error is thrown, thus making it unable to set the Grid columns:
<kendo-filemanager name="filemanager" upload-url="@Url.Action("Upload", "FileManagerData")">   
    <views>
        <grid>
            <columns>
                <column field="name"></column>
            </columns>
        </grid>
    </views>
</kendo-filemanager>