Reassessing the ontology of contemporary organisational decision-making processes for healthier Asian economies

Abraham Ninan and Hitendra Pillay

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2007, vol. 8, issue 2/3/4, 139-152

Abstract: This paper reassesses modern day decision-making processes for healthier Asian economies by systematically unpacking and critiquing key assumptions that drive organisational communication and cultural systems in contemporary Asia. The term non-Western refers to interests of Asian economies and cultures in this paper. In an ontological sense, the paper highlights these systems' roles as central decision-making mechanisms in facilitating their relation to external economic circumstances; thus, extending their functions beyond their frequently perceived mere functional and informational utilities. The paper calls for increased scrutiny of a degree of fit between local socio-economic needs and ontological suppositions of organisational decision-making processes in Asian economies, when borrowing Western business practices. The paper calls for incorporation of a new organisational spirituality to help overcome current underestimation of the complexities of the values and belief systems of a nonlinear, discontinuous and collective Eastern organisational culture by more linear, continuous and individualistic Western decision-making systems.

Keywords: networked era; global village; decision making; cultural values; uncertainty; ontology; deterministic; holistic; morality; organisational spirituality; business process integration; Asian economies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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