Journal of Operations Management

Questions: 1. How does the lens from which you view the world shape your approach to research inquiry? 2. Why is it important as a scholar-practitioner engaged in research to acknowledge your worldview? Answers: 1. A prime question in philosophy is if mankinds innate nature is good.Understanding this from both political and historical perspective can be interesting. For doing research on this topic, the lens through which I see the world is going to lead my research and will pave a way to my orientation of research. I have the nature of looking at things objectively, thus require logic as well as evidence before believing on some facts. So, my orientation with respect to research on my chosen topic will be based more on the logical, factual and evidential data available on this topic. A deductive research based on empirical data might be aptwhile analyzing such topics ("Editorial Philosphy", 2004). Historical records in addition to data also provide rich information to various other dimensions and offer wider perspectives. Purely qualitative analysis might be insufficient. 2. It is important to understand ones own perspective since they are partly shaped based on beliefs. Also, education and cultural nuances differ widely from country to country. Since education covers accepted norms specific to that society, it is not a surprise that the outlook of the world might differ widely from one person to the next (Yoshida, Heere, Gordon, 2015). Such influences make it imperative to be aware of possible biases that can creep in while conducting a research. For instance an optimistic person will be more inclined to look for data which proves that innate nature of man is good while a pessimist person will look for the reverse that innate nature of a man is bad and is just camouflaged by outer goodness. Acknowledging all these factors help in putting the right checks and balances while conducting the research. References Editorial Philosphy. (2004).Journal Of Operations Management,22(4), 433-434. Yoshida, M., Heere, B., Gordon, B. (2015). Predicting Behavioral Loyalty through Community: Why Other Fans Are More Important than Our Own Intentions, Our Satisfaction, and the Team Itself.Journal Of Sport Management,29(3), 318-333.