Abstract
Firstly, this paper describes a phenomenon of transnational organization and general condition of world and ‘man in the world’. For developing a comprehensive framework, it presents authentic literature review beginning from modernity to post modernity using the hermeneutic-interpretivism research tradition to show the similarities between modernism and post modernism. By revealing the missing link in the quantum paradigm of ralph Kilmann (scholar of quantum organization) on one hand, it develops the possibility of reviving revealed knowledge back into the main frame knowledge of organization theory, on the other hand. By raising and addressing the question of how can the revealed knowledge addresses the current economic dilemma, the paper describes the three lenses available used to understand natural world, socio economic world and behavioral world in Newtonian verses quantum assumptions on organization theory along with their implications. For cross fertilization of ideas and better understanding of God, cosmos and human it presents an alternative of Islamic way forward suggested by scholarly views from East and West. To further substantiate, it presents the stunning insights from the renowned wisdom traditions (pragmatic civilizations) to highlight why religions matter to show (the levels of reality and levels of selfhood as well as relationship between Necessity being and contingent being), responding the situation of power and domination prevalent in organizing world by suggesting historical/civilizational ethical mode and adopting psycho, spiritual-pragmatic approach with holistic world view (Big picture).
Highlights
The idea of applying concepts of Quantum Physics to organizational practices started with the writings by (Capra, 1996; Wheatley, 1994; Senge, 1990; Zohar & Marshall 1990)
When we look back in time tunnel reflexively, we come across the ideas of two great giants (Aristotle and Euclid about time and space) underpinning the scientific paradigm of Newton and Descartes
The economic dilemma identified in the beginning of this paper cannot be resolved by resorting to scientific paradigmatic shifts
Summary
The idea of applying concepts of Quantum Physics to organizational practices started with the writings by (Capra, 1996; Wheatley, 1994; Senge, 1990; Zohar & Marshall 1990). Credit of developing a theory of Quantum Organization goes to Youngblood (1997) who capitalizes and builds upon the insights of Capra, Wheatly, Senge & Zohar. One can see the organizational world from the empirical microscope of the organizational data with the evidence of 51 largest economies are business enterprises, and their top 200 companies’ earning $7.1 trillion annual sale which is more than the total GDPs of 182 nations (McAuley et al, 2007) Their economic and political clout is operating at zenithal point of their economic activity, (regardless of the poor and deplorable conditions of the developing countries). The fundamental question still remains unanswered that is, what pursuit are these organizations following and how have they achieved such higher levels of economic and political influence all around the world?. The second section provides a detailed discussion identifying the ‘missing link’ in the two paradigms and presents a ‘model’ comparing and contrasting the Western and non-Western epistemology
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