2018
Re-creating Engagement in Managerial Learning
GATARIK, Eva and Rainer BORNBasic information
Original name
Re-creating Engagement in Managerial Learning
Authors
GATARIK, Eva (40 Austria, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Rainer BORN (40 Austria, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Human affairs, WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2018, 1210-3055
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
50204 Business and management
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14560/18:00102281
Organization unit
Faculty of Economics and Administration
UT WoS
000425913800001
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85042074434
Keywords in English
engagement; best practices; narrative fallacy; managerial learning; knowledge creation management; Language-Information-Reality (LIR) scheme of analysis
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 8/3/2024 13:27, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková
Abstract
In the original language
When defending his doctoral dissertation, Umberto Eco was accused of narrative fallacy because he presented his research as if it were a detective novel. He should have presented only his conclusions. However, this criticism inspired Eco to claim that “[e]very scientific book should be ... the report of a quest for some Holy Grail” (Eco, 2011, p. 7). A quest presupposes engagement on both sides of the knowledge exchange. Building upon our own research, we have produced a model-theoretic scheme for management studies in support of the practicability of Eco’s claim. The idea is to re-create the engagement when establishing problem-solving competence in managerial learning: We start with an analysis of real-life cases of successful managerial problem solving (“best practices”). Next, we attempt to find the common denominator of those successful solutions. Lastly, we instantiate the principles found in the previous step in new problem situations, and thus provide new uses for them.