A Review of the Relationship between Management Research and Management Practice in Mainland China

摘要

The divorce between management research and management practice has attracted intensive attention. It means that the findings or theories developed in management research are not used effectively in practices. This paper describes the divorce between management research and management practice, analyzes its causes, and presents the solutions to "upholding heaven and standing on earth" research as well as reform and improvement of academic appraisal system. It is found in related researches that although many scholars undertake and complete various research projects in the field of management, they are seldom granted theoretical research projects directing at practical management issues proposed and funded by enterprises. Some scholars may participate in management consultation projects funded by large enterprises, which, however, seldom involve the field of theoretical research. Meanwhile, few doctoral dissertations funded or entrusted by enterprises to study the practical problems they are faced with cover the field of management research. Besides, under the circumstance that the international trend leans towards empirical researches on management, the management research issues and hypotheses in many doctoral dissertations in mainland China are essentially "common sense" or "hypotheses", which reflects the divorce between management theory and management practice. The relationship between management research and management practice has attracted the attention of many scholars in mainland China.