- 著者
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上林 憲雄
- 出版者
- 日本経営学会
- 雑誌
- 日本経営学会誌 (ISSN:18820271)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.46, pp.60-68, 2021 (Released:2022-05-18)
- 参考文献数
- 14
Japanese scholars in business administration should aim broadly for “business administration as academics” which includes science and recognizes its limitations, rather than “business administration only as science.” At that time, for the time being, it is necessary for us to: (1) understand the complexity of management phenomena exactly; (2) fully consider the transmission medium and destination of research results; (3) avoid an overwhelming research attitude; (4) establish a system to be secured freedom and originality in research activities; and (5) motivate researchers to find the research itself really interesting. In the world of academic research, it is not possible to simply certify major current research groups as “standards” at this time. Rather, non-standard or special, individual research that is initially rejected and not recognized by others is the driving force for the long-term development of scholarship. In general, academic research including the natural sciences should have such a character, but in the case of business administration research that includes analyses of society and human beings, the idea that “standards” should be determined and aimed at is dangerous. Needless to say, there are many excellent studies in Japanese business administration research, and even if there are some inadequacy of overseas transmission, just because they are not listed in the “university rankings” published by the Times Higher Education, Japan’s research standards in the study of business administration are by no means behind those of the US and Europe.