13663: Using Philosophical Methods in Management Scholarship

The purpose of this workshop is to explore how philosophical methods can broaden the sight of management research. Our world is facing its most complex and simultaneously unfolding set of challenges in modern history. The co-occurrence and relationships between climate change, renewed geopolitical tensions, a pandemic and a global market downturn imply compounding effects. Therefore, broadening our vision and understanding of management scholarship becomes a priority. The workshop is designed to encourage participants to imagine potential, alternative futures that are actionable in policy and organization, by inviting them to brainstorm ways in which specific philosophical methods (e.g., thought experiments, axiological analysis, critical theory, discourse ethics, phenomenology, and existentialism) can help management studies meet social, environmental, and political challenges. The organizers invite colleagues to examine questions such as: How can philosophical methods enhance the agency in management studies to purposefully impact organizations and society? How can philosophical reflection illuminate policy-based solutions to systemic organizational and social problems? How can empirical research broaden our perspectives about innovation in a way that is consistent with moral principles? How can philosophical methods inform the normative-ethical assessment of possible futures and their implications for organizations and society?