Management Science and the Science of Management
回顾了《管理科学》期刊的发展历程,指出早期研究偏向战术和定量方法,近年转向更广泛、现实的管理问题,并采用更多研究方法,有望推动真正的管理科学形成。
For over half a century, Management Science has promoted scientific research into the practice of management. Because management is a vast and complex activity, early researchers tended to adopt a reductionist approach by concentrating on narrow subproblems. As a result, the journal was initially dominated by studies of tactical issues and quantitative solution techniques. But recent publication trends suggest that scholars are turning their attention to broader, more realistic management issues, and are using a wider range of research methods to address them. This is fueling a research renaissance that offers hope for significant progress toward creation of a legitimate science of management.