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Holistic Approach to Research

In: Eastern and Cross Cultural Management

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  • N. K. Singh

    (Rajarshi School of Management and Technology)

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While rapid changes have taken place all over the world in social scientists’ attitude to research, in some quarters, Newtonian notions still dominate the academic mind and organizations. It is truer of the corporate sector, which purports to use research. A typical stance of corporate sector is that what cannot be quantified or measured is no good. Whenever we visit large corporations for studying organizations or manpower systems, almost invariably, we are stuck with the persistence of the question: Can you do the time-and-motion study? When we explain that we do not believe in fragmented or mechanistic approach to studying men and organizations, we find a look of sarcasm saying: ‘It is an unscientific approach’.

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  • N. K. Singh, 2012. "Holistic Approach to Research," Management for Professionals, in: Eastern and Cross Cultural Management, edition 127, chapter 6, pages 51-60, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-81-322-0472-5_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-0472-5_6
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