ReThinking Management: The Impact of Cultural Turns

Management thinking and management practice are largely influenced by traditional economic approaches that seek to conceptualize the economy positivistically and functionalistically according to rational-objectivist principles. For a longer time and in light of present crises, there has been no lack of calls for fundamental reformations of the economics and management theory,to conceive them anew as part of the social sciences and humanities. Although initial attempts for such reorientation and reconceptualization are evident, they are still in their infancy and in need for further advancement and realisation.

With this call, we want to invite researchers and practitioners from various disciplines and fields. They are called to present their ideas, models, theories or empirical findings or insights of different practices with regard to the topic of ReThinking Management. In particular, we are looking for contributions that

Accordingly, research and practice contributions that are explicitly provocative, speculative, critical, and artistic are just as welcome as more theoretical and empirical proposals. Using an open format, the emphases and final contents of this conference and its different streams will be emerging, depending on the topics and specific contributions submitted for this open call and an ongoing preparatory online discussion on our website.

You can find the whole CfP here. To participate in the conference, please submit an abstract of 300 to 500 words to: rtm2014@karlshochschule.de.
Submission deadline: Tuesday 15th April, 2014

CfP submissions will be reviewed on-the-flow. You will receive feedback on your proposal shortly after submission. As the number of slots for speakers is limited, we highly recommend sending in your response to the call as early as possible.