Theory U: Rethinking Business as Practical European Philosophy

Theory U: Rethinking Business as Practical European Philosophy

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Matt Statler
ISBN13: 9781522531531|ISBN10: 152253153X|EISBN13: 9781522531548
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3153-1.ch013
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Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre, and Matt Statler. "Theory U: Rethinking Business as Practical European Philosophy." Business Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 259-268. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3153-1.ch013

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Guillet de Monthoux, P. & Statler, M. (2018). Theory U: Rethinking Business as Practical European Philosophy. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Business Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 259-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3153-1.ch013

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Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre, and Matt Statler. "Theory U: Rethinking Business as Practical European Philosophy." In Business Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 259-268. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3153-1.ch013

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Abstract

The recent Carnegie report (Colby, et al., 2011) characterizes the goal of business education as the development of practical wisdom. In this chapter, the authors reframe Scharmer's Theory U as an attempt to develop practical wisdom by applying certain European philosophical concepts. Specifically, they trace a genealogy of social sculpture, Schwungspiel, poetic creation, and spiritual science, and suggest that Scharmer's work integrates these concepts into a pragmatic pedagogy that has implications for business practice as well as business education.

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