The Applicability of Western Management Science in Iran:A Retrospective Critique of a aoCulture-Freea Research Study for Todayas Management Scholars and Educators

Hamid Akbari

The Applicability of Western Management Science in Iran:A Retrospective Critique of a aoCulture-Freea Research Study for Todayas Management Scholars and Educators

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This paper presents a retrospective critique of my own survey research conducted more than three decades ago in Tehran, Iran. The main finding of the research was that the managers of small companies in Iran had failed to implement the principles of western scientific management in their companies. A summary of the research and its results are presented. A social constructionist critique of the research and its approach is made as a cautionary note to those who continue to advance western theories of management and organizations as universal, “culture-free” and objective facts in non-western countries.

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Hamid Akbari. 2013. "The Applicability of Western Management Science in Iran:A Retrospective Critique of a aoCulture-Freea Research Study for Todayas Management Scholars and Educators". Global Journal of Management and Business Research - A: Administration & Management GJMBR-A Volume 13 (GJMBR Volume 13 Issue A8).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJMBR

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intercultural research and education international management Iran social construction of reality western management science

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Submission ReceivedDecember 12, 2012
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Published January 15, 2013

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