TY - JOUR
T1 - The Plight to Choose
T2 - Cultivating Practical Deliberation in Management Learning and Education
AU - Gersel, Johan
AU - Thaning, Morten Sørensen
N1 - Published online: 10. July 2020
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Departing from discussions at Research in Management Learning & Education (RMLE) Unconferences, we identify the problem of practical deliberation: When faced with multiple, relevant theories that all demand to be given weight in a process of deliberation, how do management students, while drawing on these theories, justify their choice? Based on contemporary practical philosophy, we claim that students must aim for rational necessitation when practically deliberating about such decisions. Using the example of our teaching on a Master of Public Governance program at a major European business school, we delineate how we have employed a philosophical pedagogy to teach MBA students to practically deliberate in order to reach rational necessitation. With our theoretical and practical research, we aim to show how contemporary practical philosophy offers a distinct, original contribution to management learning and education in contrast with the traditional philosophies of education We end the article by suggesting and motivating five avenues of further research into the problem of practical deliberation in management learning and education.
AB - Departing from discussions at Research in Management Learning & Education (RMLE) Unconferences, we identify the problem of practical deliberation: When faced with multiple, relevant theories that all demand to be given weight in a process of deliberation, how do management students, while drawing on these theories, justify their choice? Based on contemporary practical philosophy, we claim that students must aim for rational necessitation when practically deliberating about such decisions. Using the example of our teaching on a Master of Public Governance program at a major European business school, we delineate how we have employed a philosophical pedagogy to teach MBA students to practically deliberate in order to reach rational necessitation. With our theoretical and practical research, we aim to show how contemporary practical philosophy offers a distinct, original contribution to management learning and education in contrast with the traditional philosophies of education We end the article by suggesting and motivating five avenues of further research into the problem of practical deliberation in management learning and education.
KW - Business ethics
KW - Decision making
KW - Leadership
KW - Practical deliberation
KW - Rationality
KW - Teaching and learning
KW - Business ethics
KW - Decision making
KW - Leadership
KW - Practical deliberation
KW - Rationality
KW - Teaching and learning
U2 - 10.1177/1052562920937034
DO - 10.1177/1052562920937034
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85087696251
SN - 1052-5629
VL - 44
SP - 663
EP - 676
JO - Journal of Management Education
JF - Journal of Management Education
IS - 5
ER -