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DDBA 801: Current Research Report a Broken Link

This course introduces students to the latest research that is being conducted in management. Faculty members and guest speakers select critical readings for student discussion and present their own research in order to provide a basic overview of new trends in various areas of management. Students examine their own research interests in light of the prevailing work in their field, thus reflecting on their own contributions to the literature.

Required Readings

Week 1

Reading 1: Alvi, F.H. & Lamertz, K. (2023). Practicing context in organizational research: An auto-ethnographic model for manager-scholars. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.14142abstract
Reading 2: Atanasiu, R. (2021). Critical thinking for managers, structured decision making and persuasion in business. Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 5-9, 13-26, 167-184.

Week 3

Reading 3: Davis, M. S. (1971). Thatʾs interesting! Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 1(2), 309–344.
Reading 4: Weick, K. E. (1999). Thatʾs moving: Theories that matter. Journal of Management Inquiry, 8(2), 134–142.
Reading 5: Sandberg, J., & Alvesson, M. (2011). Ways of constructing research questions: Gap-spotting or problematization? Organization, 18(1), 23–44.

Week 4

Reading 6: Boote, D. N., & Beile, P. (2005). Scholars before researchers: On the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation. American Educational Research Association, 34(6), 3–15.
Reading 7: Maxwell, J. A. (2006). Literature reviews of, and for, educational research: A commentary on Boote and Beile’s 'Scholars before researchers'.” American Educational Research Association, 35(9), 28–31.
Reading 8: Randolph, J. J. (2009). A guide to writing the dissertation literature review. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 14(13), 1–13.