Abstract
Management studies inertia and lack of substantive innovation is claimed to stem from a combination of individual decisions and institutional pressures. Yet the role of the field's foundational concepts in explaining its stagnation has yet to be explored. This paper engages in a "conceptual history" of the concept of efficiency, from its pre-modern form to its transformation and adoption as management studies' foundational and fundamental good. This history enables us to see how efficiency's transformation from a particular political device to an unquestionable fundamental axiom has obscured alternative paths of development, and exacerbated the stagnation currently observed within the field at a time of existential crises
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management |
Editors | Sonia Taneja |
Number of pages | 1 |
Place of Publication | Valhalla, NY |
Publisher | Academy of Management |
Publication date | 2024 |
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Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024: Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations - Chicago, United States Duration: 9 Aug 2024 → 13 Aug 2024 Conference number: 84 https://aom2024.eventscribe.net/ |
Conference
Conference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024 |
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Number | 84 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 09/08/2024 → 13/08/2024 |
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Series | Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings |
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ISSN | 0065-0668 |