Science in Management

Science in Management ● The Historical Success of Science ● Applying Science to Management Problems ● The Initial Failure ● The Alternatives ● Understanding the Failure ● Unlocking the Success of Science for Management www.main.vanthinking.comHistorical Success ● The success on bringing insight and understanding ● The Strength (Promise) of Prediction ● Science and Philosophy of Science www.main.vanthinking.com The Scientific Method The magic of ...Science becomes Fashionable ● The spectacular success of science grabs center-stage ● “Scientific” as buzz-word ● The birth of Operations Research (Operational Research) www.main.vanthinking.comThe Fall ● Over-confidence ● Positivism ● The Failure of scientific method in management and organizational problem solving www.main.vanthinking.com The Future of Operational Research is Past Russell L. Ackoff The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Feb., 1979), pp. 93-104Alternatives Claim Dominance ● Systems Thinking ● Cybernetics ● The shift in R&D focus (The success of Japan) www.main.vanthinking.com Holistic not “reductionist”Understanding the Failure (1) ● The failure of positivism ● The failure of operations research (i.e. the application of scientific method to management and organizational problems) www.main.vanthinking.comUnderstanding the Failure (2) ● 40 years of Literature as Case Study Material ● Tracing the notional development of new approaches ● Identifying the Scientific Productiveness Features ● Identifying the Scientific Capability Features www.main.vanthinking.com Knowledge management and scientific knowledge generation A framework for scientific knowledge generation Two ArticlesUnlocking the Success – 3 Keys ● Science (Knowledge Generation) is a Complex Phenomenon ● Configure the Scientific Productiveness Features ● Configure the Scientific Capability Features www.main.vanthinking.com Van Thinking Introductory Online Course in ... Scientific Thinking (Download the Course Brochure from this link as well)