TY - JOUR
T1 - Looking for complication
T2 - four approaches to management education
AU - Cunha, Miguel Pina e
AU - da Cunha, João Vieira
AU - Cabral-Cardoso, Carlos
PY - 2004/2/1
Y1 - 2004/2/1
N2 - This article argues for the adoption of complicated approaches by management educators. The argument rests on the position that if uncertainty and ambiguity are inherent to management, particularly in view of the profound changes that have occurred during recent years in the competitive environments of organizations, there is the need to develop complex managers, that is, managers more skilled in dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity. Four approaches (hypertext, dialectics, linkages, and metaphors) are presented to illustrate complementary ways of operationalizing the logic of complication in a management education context. These approaches have the potential for increasing the awareness and alertness of management students to the challenges with which they will probably be confronted in the emerging competitive landscapes.
AB - This article argues for the adoption of complicated approaches by management educators. The argument rests on the position that if uncertainty and ambiguity are inherent to management, particularly in view of the profound changes that have occurred during recent years in the competitive environments of organizations, there is the need to develop complex managers, that is, managers more skilled in dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity. Four approaches (hypertext, dialectics, linkages, and metaphors) are presented to illustrate complementary ways of operationalizing the logic of complication in a management education context. These approaches have the potential for increasing the awareness and alertness of management students to the challenges with which they will probably be confronted in the emerging competitive landscapes.
KW - complication
KW - dialectics
KW - hypertext
KW - linkages
KW - metaphors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875034563&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1052562903252518
DO - 10.1177/1052562903252518
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875034563
VL - 28
SP - 88
EP - 103
JO - Journal of Management Education
JF - Journal of Management Education
SN - 1052-5629
IS - 1
ER -