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The management of organisations continues to evolve as new priorities emerge and new approaches are developed. Thus, it is clear that research into business and management will also continue to evolve. This will be in terms of both what is researched and in terms of the techniques and methods used to conduct research. Such development will continue into the future and this book highlights evolving areas. It also suggests new topics which are emerging and new techniques to conduct such research - topics and techniques that will be of benefit to researchers. The unique focus on the future of research methods in management, the emergence of topics in contemporary management and sustainability research and practices, such as sustainability and circular economy, will set this volume apart.
With coverage of new and emerging subjects in management studies such as sustainability, zero carbon, green market, and circular economy, and the international collaboration with contributors from all around the globe, this major interdisciplinary reference volume will be of interest and great value to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of business and management research and appropriate methodologies.
List of contents
1. The changing outlook on management research Part 1 - A focus on research 2. The Future of Management and Management Accounting Scholarship: Objectivism, Multi-paradigmatic approaches or Decoloniality? 3. Collaborative Research and Enterprise in the International Arena: A Case Study of Zambia 4. Exploring the Field of Responsible Research and Innovation 5. Corporate communications: accounting, linguistics and semiotics 6. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combatting Misinformation at International Level and the Case of Mauritius 7. Developing the Phenomenon Grande in Management Research: The Pandemic, Lockdowns, and Biodiversity Extinction in the Anthropocene Part 2 - General management practice 8. The future of work: Marx, Illich, Gorz - are we heading in their directions in post-COVID-19? 9. Artificial intelligence and management research: an overview 10. Neuromanagement and Neuromarketing: Neuroscience in Organizations 11. Work-life balance: the challenges and the search for equilibrium in Malaysia 12. Comparing For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Collaboration: Cohered Emergent Theory Application 13. Reflection on Management and Leadership Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for academia and industry 14. Perspectives on consumer behaviour and green marketing strategies Part 3 - Sustainability issues 15. Paradigm challenges to adopt the circular economy 16. Storytelling, sensemaking and sustainability agendas 17. Fashion design and carbon footprint- a critical examination 18. Social Contract: measuring the social dimension from a university perspective 19. Climate Change Activism and the Law on Sustainability: The Case of the UK 20. Climate change
About the author
David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at various universities including the University of Bedfordshire and Founder of the Social Responsibility Research Network, UK.
Shahla Seifi is a Visiting Professor at Various universities and Secretary & Conferences Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network, UK.
Summary
The unique focus on the future of research methods in management, the emergence of topics in contemporary management and sustainability research and practices, such as sustainability and circular economy, will set this volume apart.
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"The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research edited by experienced researchers and practitioners D. Crowther and S. Seifi covers theory, practice, and sustainability. It is scientifically sound and provocative, and its models are applicable. It's a volume that practitioners and researchers should read, think about, and if suitable, apply its models. It is hard not to see that authors of chapters scrutinize important issues of the current and future management research in the shadow of natural and unnatural risks threatening global business." Professor Kristijan Krkac, Ph.D., Zagreb School of Economics and Management
