Hi Everyone,
We'd love you to join us for our AAT Symposium:
Session Type: Symposium
Program Session: 575 | Submission: 10037 | Sponsor(s): (AAT)
Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 7 2016 12:45PM - 2:15PM at Hilton Anaheim in Catalina 1 | | | Errors of the Third Kind in Management Research: Creating Meaning in Scholarly Work
Meaningful Scholarship | | |
|
View Map |
Organizer: Ian Mitroff, U. of California, Berkeley
Organizer: Sandra Waddock, Boston College
Panelist: Nancy J Adler, McGill U.
Panelist: Robert Edward Freeman, U. of Virginia
Panelist: Robert E Quinn, U. of Michigan
|
| There is an important error that far too many academics miss altogether: The Error of the Third Kind or E3, which creates a "crisis of meaning" and "the lack of meaningfulness" in scholarly work. E3 is defined as the "probability of solving the 'wrong problem' precisely." E3 not only affects the problems that are originally selected for study, but how they are initially defined and framed, and is a measure of how well a particular representation captures the "meaning" of a problem or issue. In this symposium we will discuss how E3 creates a crisis of meaning in our work. Ian Mitroff (UC Berkeley) organizer and moderator, will define and specify types of E3, using a Pragmatist conception of Truth as "that which makes an 'ethical difference' in the 'quality of an individual's, organization's or society's life'" (Mitroff and Silvers, 2010). Nancy J. Adler (McGill) will explore how the quest for beauty can help us dare to address society's most important questions. R. Edward Freeman (Virginia) will discuss how the preoccupation with "A" journals and an uncritical acceptance of physical science make E3 more likely. Robert E. Quinn (Michigan) will discuss "If You Change the Music, You Change the Dance: The Evolution of the Multi-Lingual Mind." Co-organizer and panelist Sandra Waddock (Boston College) will relate this conception of truth to wisdom, and how we can bring wisdom to our work as scholars by taking the risk to become intellectual shamans. |
Sandra Waddock
Galligan Chair of Strategy
Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility
Professor of Management
Boston College
Carroll School of Management
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA
_______________________________________________________________________
To send a message to the list, send your email to SIM@aomlists.pace.edu
_______________________________________________________________________
Visit the SIM Division website at: http://sim.aomonline.org _______________________________________________________________________
If you wish to unsubscribe from this list or change your delivery options, you can do so online at: http://aomlists.pace.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=sim&A=1 _______________________________________________________________________