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Session Type: PDW Workshop Program Session: 102 | Submission: 11337 | Sponsor(s): (ITC, SIM, PTC) Scheduled: Friday, Aug 4 2017 12:00PM - 2:30PM at Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Marquis M304

Bridging Disciplines at their Interface: Perspectives on Humanistic Management Humanistic Management

View Map Organizer: Michael Andreas Pirson, Fordham U.
Presenter: Consuelo Garcia De La Torre, EGADE-ITESM Campus Monterrey
Presenter: Osmar Arandia, U. de Monterrey
Presenter: Jyoti Bachani, Saint Mary's College of California
Presenter: Ricardo Aguado, Deusto Business School
Presenter: Ernestina Giudici, U. of Cagliari
Presenter: Benito Teehankee, De La Salle U., Manila, Philippines
Presenter: Robert Blomme, Nyenrode Business U.
Presenter: Christopher Gohl, Global Ethic Institute
Presenter: Bjoern Z. Ekelund, Human Factors
Presenter: Alejo José G. Sison, U. of Navarra
Presenter: Ignacio Ferrero, U. of Navarra

The call for more meaningful, relevant and interdisciplinary scholarship manifests a crisis of management theory, practice and pedagogy. On one hand, the challenge for management scholars is to build an alternative framework from which to engage with the world at large, and to bridge the many audiences at their interface particularly in the wake of corporate scandals and recent economic crises. On the other hand, management educators are challenged to fundamentally rethink their fundamental purpose in delivering management education. A focal point of criticism has been the dominant economistic paradigm of business which manifest itself in 1) the assumptions of amoral actors that 2) are only maximizing individual level utility, 3) often in a short term oriented manner. The role of social embeddedness and the importance of the future do play a marginal role. In this PDW we wish to bring together global thought leaders that have worked on developing an alternative paradigm for management: humanistic management. In a first part, we will present the universal foundations of the humanistic paradigm and then highlight local and regional permutations of its theorizing and practice. In a second part of the workshop we will discuss the consequences of such an alternative paradigm on management scholarship, management education and management practice. Drawing on the Humanistic Management Network, we will have global representatives from Asia, North and South America, as well as Europe lead roundtable discussions leading to next steps and potential collaborations.
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