The Plight to Choose: Cultivating Practical Deliberation in Management Learning and Education

Johan Gersel, Morten Sørensen Thaning*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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    Abstract

    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.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftJournal of Management Education
    Vol/bind44
    Udgave nummer5
    Sider (fra-til)663-676
    Antal sider14
    ISSN1052-5629
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - okt. 2020

    Bibliografisk note

    Published online: 10. July 2020

    Emneord

    • Business ethics
    • Decision making
    • Leadership
    • Practical deliberation
    • Rationality
    • Teaching and learning

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