Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to invite educational managers and management educators to reflect critically on practice.
Design/methodology/approach – Using the point of Socrates' death, the paper suggests ways of reflecting on actions using ethically-critical, socially-critical, environmentally-critical, politically-critical and globally-critical perspectives.
Findings – Ways and means are found of reflecting on actions with special reference to the concept of value and the unique nature of knowledge organizations.
Originality/value – The paper is of value in recommending a blend of Rawlsian egalitarian liberalism and Deweyan democratic and educative pragmatism to support ways of being critical in management education, research and in practice.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 676-695 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | International Journal of Educational Management |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- critical management
- knowledge organizations
- social responsibility