Time is Ripe for Knowledge Synthesis: Key Elements for a New Science-Practice Ecosystem
In this concept article with Michael Hitt and Denise Rousseau, we introduce five basic elements to enable the GoPeaks ecosystem: integrative frameworks, new technologies, open-sourced systematic reviews, new outlets, and a new "Yes and" mindset. This is a summary note of a 2017 Academy of Management Symposium with five former Academy presidents.
In this essay with Michael Hitt, we discuss the divergence between practical demand for knowledge integration to solve complex problems and scientific fragmentation of academic knowledge for simplicity. We suggest the current business-school incentives caused unintended knowledge fragmentation both between management and foundation disciplines and within management. In the context of the overall management knowledge ecosystem, we recommend addressing three major constraints that limit our ability to reduce these fragmentations.
Reference: Chen, V. Z., & Hitt, M. A. (2021). Knowledge synthesis for scientific management: practical integration for complexity versus scientific fragmentation for simplicity. Journal of Management Inquiry, 30(2), 177-192.
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Since ending its commercial activities in April 2022, GoPeaks has transitioned to a personal website curated by its founder, Dr. Victor Chen. The content on GoPeaks does not reflect his formal affiliations. Originally funded through grants, gifts, and technology commercialization, GoPeaks focused on research and technology development to accelerate and scale knowledge synthesis into real-world decision solutions, particularly in knowledge graph-based prescriptive (causal) analytics. By improving multi-stakeholder performance management, GoPeaks aimed to build a shared world brain that serves the broad interests of people and society. Please use the content on the GoPeaks website for non-commercial, educational purposes only.
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