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Putting AIM in context: Retrospective and prospective views on UK management research initiatives

Robin Wensley (AIM, London, UK and Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 16 October 2009

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the relationship between management research and practice particularly in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper takes the form of an historical survey of initiatives and different conceptual approaches.

Findings

The paper reveals a central focus on the role of management consultants in mediating between management practice and management knowledge,

Research limitations/implications

The paper is a partial and limited analysis of a complex process: more work is needed to untangle the various institutional roles and conceptual frameworks.

Practical implications

Re‐framing the relationship between management research and practice to consider a greater emphasis on practice engaged scholarship and the two way process of knowledge translation.

Originality/value

The paper encourages a new perspective amongst policy makers, researchers and management consultants.

Keywords

Citation

Wensley, R. (2009), "Putting AIM in context: Retrospective and prospective views on UK management research initiatives", Management Decision, Vol. 47 No. 9, pp. 1476-1484. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740910995675

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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