Omid Maghazei: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2023 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Omid Maghazei |
| Adresse | Prod.- und Operations-Management ETH Zürich, WEV H 320 Weinbergstr. 56/58 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| omaghazei@ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Management, Technologie und Ökonomie |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364-1172-00L | Controlled imagination in Management Research  | 1 KP | 1V | O. Maghazei | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Science has long recognized the importance of “imagination” and many of the greatest advances in science have proceeded from virtually no data, or highly insufficient data. Theorizing process in management scholarship has been also described an act of disciplined imagination. This course discusses the role of “controlled imagination” as a legitimate approach in conducting management research. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students will learn about a very important, yet often overlooked, aspect of scientific inquires: controlled imagination. In fact, imagination is ever-present in the management research process when searching for the essence of a phenomenon, components, structures, and patterns that cannot be revealed by ordinary observation as well as laws of interaction and logical structures. Although management scholarship is rich in imagination, this aspect of the research process is often minimized in favor of detailing the more “scientific” notion of control (i.e., the degree of precision in what is being studied) in descriptions of the various methods used to investigate a phenomenon. Learning objectives After completing this course, students will be able to: 1. understand about the role and importance of using imagination in scientific discoveries 2. explain the role of imagination in management research 3. assess methodological approaches that foster controlled imagination 4. distinguish between different types of controlled imagination approaches 5. apply structured approaches to “unfreeze” concepts and encourage scientific creativity | ||||
| Inhalt | This course: a) provides a brief summary of the long history of using imagination in science, b) unpacks the role of controlled imagination in management research, and c) introduces methodological approaches that can foster imagination in a controlled way in the whole process of studying a phenomenon under research to enhance management scholarship. Structure The course will be designed into three sessions, three hours each, following the flipped classroom strategy. The sessions will involve a short introduction by the instructor followed by paper discussions by the participants. Three papers will be assigned to each student: one paper on the basic concepts of controlled imagination and two papers on specific controlled imagination methods. Condition Due to its design, this course will take place in spring semester 2023 given that it reaches the minimum attendance of 6 students. Agenda and deliverables In the first session, a background/history of using imagination in the science will be discussed. Then basic concepts of scientific discoveries will be introduced followed by student presentations and discussions. In the second session, the role of controlled imagination in the management research will be discussed. First students present and discuss the assigned papers and then the instructor summarizes the session about the basic concepts and the role of controlled imagination in management research. In the third session, all students present and discuss their assigned “method” of controlled imagination followed by a wrap up summary of the methods and the course by the instructor. | ||||
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