关于管理研究及其理论和方法的讨论

继续作者关于中国管理学科定位和发展方向的学术讨论,从管理学的研究动机,研究对象,以及理论和方法选择方面,讨论作者个人的一些初步想法.其基本观点主要有:1)学术研究的终极动力应该是对科学真理的追求;2)这种追求的一个重要特点就是勇于创新,勇于挑战现有的范式;3)这种创新必须基于严格的训练和严密的设计;4)这种严密的设计必须考虑到研究对象与理论和方法的匹配;5)中国管理学研究应该鼓励多种理论,多种学说,多种方法共同发展,取长补短,在借鉴国外主流管理学科发展的经验和教训的基础上,发挥中国管理学者的特长,解释和预测中国遇到的管理问题和现象,为整个管理学科的发展做出贡献.

Reflection on management research:Theory and methods

This paper continues the academic dialog on the positioning and development of Chinese manage- ment field,and addresses the issue of motivation,research issue,and the choice of theory and methods.The primary arguments include,(1)academic research should be driven by pursuit of scientific truth,(2)such pursuit should be characterized by the courage to innovate and to challenge old paradigm,(3)such innovation should be grounded in rigorous training and design,considering the congruence between research issue,theory and methods,and (4)management research in China should learn from the experience and lessons from the mainstream management field,while exploring the unique strengths of Chinese scholars,and encourage multi- ple theory and schools of thoughts as well as multiple methods,in order to explain and predict management is- sues in China,and contribute to the development of the general management field.