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The State of Collective Myopia in Japanese Business Communities: A Phenomenological Study for Exploring Blocking Mechanisms for Change
Author(s) -
Chikudate Nobuyuki
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.00126
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , judgement , blocking (statistics) , sociology , lived experience , epistemology , phenomenological method , knowledge management , psychology , computer science , philosophy , psychoanalysis , computer network
This study aims at incorporating the reasoning generated from phenomenology and sociology of knowledge into the conception of judgement on policy‐ and decision‐making for changing management practices. The objectives include: (1) to show how the reasoning generated from phenomenology and sociology of knowledge can be applied to the ‘trapped’ situation of management, and (2) to identify blocking essences to initiate changes within the framework of these disciplines. Several phenomenological essences extracted from the interviews in Tokyo are illustrated