Critical management in knowledge organizations
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 19 September 2008
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to invite educational managers and management educators to reflect critically on practice.
Design/methodology/approach
Using the point of Socrates' death, the paper suggests ways of reflecting on actions using ethically‐critical, socially‐critical, environmentally‐critical, politically‐critical and globally‐critical perspectives.
Findings
Ways and means are found of reflecting on actions with special reference to the concept of value and the unique nature of knowledge organizations.
Originality/value
The paper is of value in recommending a blend of Rawlsian egalitarian liberalism and Deweyan democratic and educative pragmatism to support ways of being critical in management education, research and in practice.
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Citation
Macpherson, R. (2008), "Critical management in knowledge organizations", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 22 No. 7, pp. 676-695. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513540810908584
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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