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Abstract:
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This paper describes the current state of the management academia as a naked
carnival, namely, most of the management researches have no such a clothes called
practical relevance. It is intended to provide an explanation why management
research has become irrelevant to the real management practice. It argues there are
three factors behind the irrelevance problem: first, the ‘scientific model’ of
management studies generates an initial and internal force which pushes the
management research away from practice management studies supposed to serve;
second, paradigm maintenance effort of the mainstream management scholars
prevents the irrelevant management academia moving back towards management
practice; third, the surrounding environment provides the management academia
anything but a strong counter force to change the irrelevance reality. This paper also
argues any solutions under the ‘scientific model’ are doomed to failure; and the only
way out is to completely abandon the ‘scientific model’ and adopt a ‘professional
model’ of management studies. Unfortunately, this paper argues such a radical
change from within is highly unlikely to happen. |
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