There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice or theory. To make a difference, scholar–consultants will have to develop innovative management practices and theories that explain why, when and how their new practices improves organizational outcomes. In this essay, I outline research and development principles that will enable scholar–consultants to have an impact on management practice. I illustrate these principles with my own research and development of the Strategic Fitness Process, a strategic management process, and its underlying theory of organizational effectiveness.

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有所作为：为实践和理论开发可操作的知识

学术研究和实践之间存在着公认的差距。虽然组织研究和发展领域对一些组织的管理实践产生了影响，但它对广泛接受的管理实践或理论的影响很小。为了有所作为，学者顾问必须开发创新的管理实践和理论，以解释他们的新实践为何、何时以及如何改善组织成果。在这篇文章中，我概述了将使学者顾问能够对管理实践产生影响的研究和发展原则。我用我自己对战略适应过程、战略管理过程及其组织有效性的基本理论的研究和开发来说明这些原则。