Art, science and the challenge of management education

Eirik J. Irgens

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2014, vol. 30, issue 1, 86-94

Abstract: This article is an attempt to contribute to a theoretical foundation for art in management education. I do so by building on Ernst Cassirer's relational, processual, and non-dualistic theory. I start by introducing Cassirer's main ideas and I try to relate them to management knowledge with a special emphasis on art and science as complementary forms of knowing. Thereafter I sketch some of the challenges we may face if aiming at developing two-eyed management education, that is, education based on a binocular vision that combines the “eye of science” with the “eye of art”. I argue in line with Cassirer that art is a way of knowing, and I claim that art has an important role to play if we wish to develop proficient, two-eyed managers.11This article is a result of a project where I have studied the potential in Ernst Cassirer's thinking for management education. It builds on earlier publications, in particular, Irgens (2010), and Irgens (2011a, 2011b).

Keywords: Art; Science; Management education; Ways of knowing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.12.003

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