Research Reports from the Department of Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
6-28-1990
Abstract
This paper invokes Rostow's theory of economic development, the kinetics of chemical reactions and the principles of technology forecasting to address, by analogy, the stages of knowledge development in Management Science. It shows that different strategies dominate research at the various stages of its development. Lastly it relates the stages to the level of knowledge accumulated and the relative difficulty of teaching/learning the accumulated knowledge.
Keywords
Operations research, Management science, Economic development, Technology forecasting, Knowledge management
Publication Title
Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Issue
Technical memorandum no. 674
Rights
This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use
Recommended Citation
Reisman, Arnold and Xu, Xiaomei, "On Stages of Knowledge Growth in the Management Sciences" (1990). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 362.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/362
