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Rekindling the Sociological Imagination as a Pedagogical "Package" in Management Education

University of Western Sydney

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	Abstract

Based on the reflections and insights of a sociologist teaching in a school of management, this article invites management educators to rekindle the sociological imagination, which, albeit more than five decades old, is a concept that has not lost its relevance to make sense of organizational phenomena. It is my contention that C. Wright Mills’s sociological imagination is a valuable pedagogical "package" in management education as it encourages contextualization of organizational phenomena and fosters reflection, critical thinking, and reflexivity skills. These skills are a suitable complement to the more normative pedagogical approaches that emphasize the technical and instrumental aspects of management.

First published on May 29, 2008, doi:10.1177/1052562908319996

Journal of Management Education 2009;33:59.

A more recent version of this article appeared on February 1, 2009


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