Optimizing Concepts: Conceptual Engineering in the Field of Management—The Case of Routines Research

Makowski, Piotr Tomasz

doi:10.5465/amr.2019.0252

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“…Second, any attempt to create a new concept or reconsider an existing one should be careful. Elsewhere, I proposed to refresh and broaden a set of standard guidelines for concept development (Makowski, 2021). Except for concept formation based on clarity, parsimony or validity, the very process of updating concepts should be more rigorous.…”

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Prof. Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa (1934-2021) (Tomasz Makowski)

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2022

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Prof. Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa (1934-2021) (Tomasz Makowski)

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2022

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“…As seen in my examples, it can be helpful to clarify one's own ontological stance up front. It is also advisable to build explicit relations to similar concepts (see Makowski [2021] on concept [re‐]engineering), rather than to establish fully independent alternatives, which scholars may be inclined to do in order to avoid conflict and dissent (Reed and Burrell, 2018).…”

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Calibrating for Progress: What are the Instrumental Functions of Theory in Management Research?

Krlev¹

2023

J Management Studies

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While economics has largely moved ‘beyond theory’, in management research the ‘theory always’ imperative is still held high. This imperative has come under attack lately with scholars saying we have too much theory that explains too little, or that insisting on theoretical contributions in every article hampers our ability to address timely issues. I argue that there is unease with the practice of theorizing in management and organization because we fail to demonstrate what theory does (or cannot do) for advancing knowledge, and under what conditions. In this article, I therefore seek to show when and how management theory is more useful and when less useful for moving research fields forward. Drawing on a position about progress that is rooted in a combination of Popper's critical rationalism and social criticism, I unearth four instrumental functions of theory and three areas of limitation. I suggest that scholars should be clearer about which of these functions their theorizing serves, or use the framework to justify why, instead of crafting theory, they focus on applying theory, on empirical analysis, or on method. The article provides guidance to authors, reviewers, and editors. It also offers suggestions for the strategic positioning and publishing policies of journals.

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“…This and similar explanatory strategies are frequent in organizational research, probably due to the fact that the whole discipline is still methodologically young.14 For a more detailed analysis of this typology, see(Makowski 2020a). …”

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“…As noted (fn.1), the differences in conceptualizations (related to the differences between sociological and cognitive perspectives) gave birth to several attempts to show that there is no serious contradiction between them.12 This problem is discussed in more detail in the context of conceptual engineering in(Makowski 2020a). …”

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Routines: towards the Complexity of Organizational Intentionality

Makowski

2021

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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The paper explores the topic of organizational routines from a philosophical vantage point to see how the philosophy of action may help improve its understanding in organizational research. The main goal is to show the distinctive complexity of the intentional picture of routines. In this respect, the paper clarifies the interrelations between psychological habits and routines and describes similarities and differences between them. It also highlights the special place of mindfulness as a psycho-cognitive mechanism of action meta-control in intentional explanations of routine complexity.

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Optimizing Concepts: Conceptual Engineering in the Field of Management—The Case of Routines Research

Cited by 16 publications

References 117 publications

Prof. Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa (1934-2021) (Tomasz Makowski)

Prof. Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa (1934-2021) (Tomasz Makowski)

Calibrating for Progress: What are the Instrumental Functions of Theory in Management Research?

Routines: towards the Complexity of Organizational Intentionality

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