The Epistemology of Management: An Introduction
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The Epistemology of Management: An Introduction. / Reihlen, Markus; Schöneborn, Dennis.
Handbook of Philosophy of Management. ed. / Christina Neesham; Markus Reihlen; Dennis Schöneborn. Vol. 9 Schweiz : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022. p. 17-37 (Handbooks inPhilosophy Series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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T1 - The Epistemology of Management: An Introduction
AU - Reihlen, Markus
AU - Schöneborn, Dennis
PY - 2022/7/23
Y1 - 2022/7/23
N2 - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.
AB - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.
KW - Management studies
KW - Epistemology
KW - knowledge
KW - Epistemologies of representation
KW - epistemologies of interpretation
KW - epistemologies of imagination
KW - epistemologies of intervention
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e792d74a-c9b1-3761-b574-c313fd3a59e0/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_66-1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_66-1
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-319-48352-8
VL - 9
T3 - Handbooks inPhilosophy Series
SP - 17
EP - 37
BT - Handbook of Philosophy of Management
A2 - Neesham, Christina
A2 - Reihlen, Markus
A2 - Schöneborn, Dennis
PB - Springer International Publishing AG
CY - Schweiz
ER -