INTERACTION OF SCIENCE PARADIGM, MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH METHODS

Abstract

Science paradigms determine the way scientists view concepts, phenomena and events and the way they solve problems. Scientific research methods are naturally the result of scientific paradigms. It is inevitable that developments in science will affect scientific research methods and tools. In this study, fundamental paradigm changes in science and their reflections on management sciences and research methods are discussed. The developments in disciplines such as complexity, big data analytics and neuroscience, and the developments in management fields and the reflections of the emerging theories on research methods form the framework of the research. The areas subject to these developments can be characterized by "revolutionary science" within the framework defined by Kuhn. In the framework of new science, complexity, unpredictability, nonlinear systems, uncertain cause and effect relationships have been identified as prominent concepts from analytics to theory. As a result, it has been observed that control and planning functions in the management and organizational field lost their importance and autonomous organizations with uncertain vision were born. As a result of the research, it has been observed that in this age where information is instantly produced and consumed, research methods must also keep up with changes. The new dynamics require an explanation of the process rather than the estimation of outputs. The new science is in a holistic structure formed by the information produced by different disciplines such as physics and biology. The application areas of the new science show rapid development in the field of management as in every field. It is considered that the study will contribute to the researchers on subjects that do not have sufficient knowledge in the national literature.