Future Making: Towards a Practice Perspective

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 20, 2025

Abstract Management scholars are increasingly interested in ‘future making’, observing and theorizing how organizational actors produce enact the yet‐to‐come. However, rapid growth of conversation runs risk emptying notion future making, calling into question its meaning relevance. In response to these concerns, our Point is that there value understanding making from a practice perspective. A perspective, we argue, empirically sufficiently open account for plurality open‐endedness futures amidst continual emergence interrelated crises, large‐scale challenges, intractable technologies. Thus, it reinforces relevance research on as central part contemporary life. At same time, four practice‐based dimensions elaborated this provide sufficient conceptual specificity discern what counts does not, thereby providing solid ground cumulative theory‐building area. Our extends management studies by substantiating examining articulating clarifying perspective directs scholarly attention important areas research.

Язык: Английский

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Back to the Future? A Caution

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 26, 2025

Abstract This Counterpoint cautions that future making research treats the too simplistically and fails to acknowledge fundamental uncertainty inherent in all futures work. First, scholarship overlooks existing academic research, which similar concerns have been pursued, empirically conceptually, for years. Second, utopian are considered achievable if only actors a vision of what they wish create. Finally, most statements around grand challenges rely on little more than hope, failing account complex relationalities shaping them. I substantiate my argument by drawing scenario planning literature, Knightian uncertainty, anthropology research. also critique Point's call scholars adopt practice‐based approaches (Wenzel et al., forthcoming) their empirical inquiries, arguing ‘as Practice’ move management studies is yet achieve its aspirations. Additionally, caution against other this debate requires realization desired emancipatory (Comi forthcoming), as view restrictive broad deep theorizing emerge.

Язык: Английский

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Prescriptive Theorizing to Tackle Societal Grand Challenges: Promises and Perils

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 61(4), С. 1683 - 1691

Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2024

Abstract Descriptive and prescriptive theorizing are two sides of the same coin fundamentally complementary, if not reciprocal in their relationship. Both have a place management theorizing, yet this Point‐Counterpoint debate takes issue with how they currently performed research. The Point makes case for to help tackle societal grand challenges meaningfully impact practice, it offers recipe doing on solid normative foundation. Counterpoint cautions against that such prescriptions may calls more contextualized approaches. In introduction debate, I intend take conversation both provoked even further by highlighting some under‐emphasized but important theoretical avenues examine (un)intended consequences descriptive theorizing; namely mobilizing research performativity counter‐performativity.

Язык: Английский

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Putting the S in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A People‐Centric Research Agenda

Journal of Supply Chain Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT The aim of this disciplined provocation is to challenge some the fundamental assumptions in supply chain management research and practice—most notably discipline’s current conceptualization excellence that has proven be destructive for social‐ecological systems. It argued drive transition sustainable chains, it requires emphasizing social component considering how conduct includes people communities from beginning. Based on vision foregrounding research, a people‐centric agenda outlines changes are needed conducted topics should studied introduced. authors outline active role scholars can play developing new models are, at minimum, hopefully regenerative.

Язык: Английский

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Panacea or Dangerous Practice: A Counterpoint to Hanisch's Argument for Prescriptive Theorizing

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 61(4), С. 1717 - 1730

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2024

Abstract In this paper we provide a counterpoint to the view that prescriptive theorizing reflects viable means for enhancing practical impact of management towards addressing some most pressing societal concerns and grand challenges our times. To do so, first contextualize roots in research, arguing approach developed by Hanisch is reflective wider ‘positive’ turn social science theorizing. Second, problematize presumptive basis upon which much as well related ideas around utopian thinking are based. doing broader aim draw attention bases claims made specifically highlight dangers implementing decontextualized, overly simple stylized prescriptions face complex challenges. contrast theorizing, propose theory may rather be enhanced through tempering instrumental rationality with deep(er) concern phenomena experience. We conclude offering number ways can done.

Язык: Английский

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Digital transformation for safer circular lithium-ion battery supply chains: a blockchain ecosystem-data perspective

International Journal of Production Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 22

Опубликована: Июль 28, 2024

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) circular supply chains (CSCs) present unique safety challenges among operation processes. Blockchain technology can be a promising solution for addressing these challenges, by enabling effective tracking and verification of safety-related information throughout the chain. However, how blockchain mitigate issues from chain perspective is poorly understood. This study proposes theory-supported framework through intervention-based research (IBR) to provide guidance LIB CSC management. The conceptual theoretical propositions set foundation on comprehensive ecosystem specifically designed includes design architecture with capabilities tailored address concerns, involvement multiple stakeholders, development measurement matrix. suggests practical directions which lay groundwork leveraging improve management in CSC. contributes sustainable proposing mitigating concerns CSC, paving way implementation. In addition, this advancing understanding application

Язык: Английский

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From impact to impacting: A pragmatist perspective on tackling grand challenges

Strategic Organization, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 2, 2024

Scholars have long sought to impact management practice. However, the current conceptualization of is grounded in dualisms, separating researchers from managers, means ends, and thought action. Such a dualistic understanding hampers researchers’ managers’ ability achieve impact. Nowhere this issue more acute than context grand challenges, which require managers work together closely. As way forward, we propose pragmatist perspective on impact, where not seen as one-time, unidirectional event, but rather relational recursive process. By overcoming dualisms traditional approaches impacting can help advance progress challenges our co-creation. In article, illustrate ing reflect its opportunities through experience at Innovation North, an innovation laboratory that brought co-create systems

Язык: Английский

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The New Normal: Prescriptive Theorizing for Positive Organizational Impact in an Age of Disruption

Academy of Management Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 49(4), С. 705 - 717

Опубликована: Сен. 20, 2024

Язык: Английский

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What is the Strategy of Strategy to Tackle Climate Change?

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2024

Abstract To effectively tackle climate change, the strategic management enterprise needs to fundamentally reinvent itself. In their Point , Bansal, Durand, Kreutzer, Kunisch and McGahan forcefully argue for such a turnaround outline ‘new strategy’ paradigm that integrates constraints of planetary boundaries Earth systems not as an afterthought, but basis inquiry. This, however, doesn't come without fierce contestation, shown by Counterpoint Foss Klein further Davis DeWitt. this introduction Point‐Counterpoint debate on we contestation is largely due what call three epistemic fault lines cut through how strategy scholars understand devise possible solutions, assume relationship between theories reality. We specify these connect them important avenues future research expand conversation about change.

Язык: Английский

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Untangling the Paradoxical Relationship Between Religion and Business: A Systematic Literature Review of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Religiosity Research

Journal of Business Ethics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 195(1), С. 191 - 214

Опубликована: Май 2, 2024

Abstract Despite numerous chief executive officers (CEOs) citing their religious convictions as the primary guiding framework for decision-making, leadership behavior, business philosophy, and motivation to contribute society, impact of CEOs’ is relatively limited in literature. However, widespread yet potentially ambiguous CEO religiosity, encompassing both a CEO’s denomination level on individual, organizational, economical, societal levels remains neglected area research. This gap attributed challenges conceptualizing measuring this multifaceted construct, with existing research scattered predominantly confined ethics domain. Notably, oversight significant given pivotal role that CEOs, decision-makers, play organizational dynamics. article aims address by conducting systematic literature review 50 articles focused seeking enhance understanding personal religion world. Through an analysis publication trends, methodological approaches, theoretical frameworks, empirical findings, not only offers insights future theorizing but also proposes conceptual advancing religiosity Additionally, identifies specific areas warranting further investigation, thereby highlighting gaps providing explicit starting points these contributions, provides blueprint holds implications management practice.

Язык: Английский

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