سوال ۸۷ کنکور ارشد مدیریت کسب‌وکار (MBA) ۱۴۰۴

Passage 2 — summary: Business history emerged in the United States in the 1920s and expanded academically in the 1960s, notably through Chandler’s explanations of large-firm success. Although historical scholarship once connected closely with management, management research later developed specialized theories and institutions while many business historians retained descriptive case narratives. The author regards the resulting separation as harmful and presents Chandler as an important exception linking the fields.

The underlined word “divergent” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .................... .