MAN 659: Understanding and Tackling Societal Challenges through Management Research
no offering in fall
Contents
“Grand challenges” are formulations of global problems that can be plausibly addressed through coordinated and collaborative effort. In this seminar, we discuss management research that examines societal problems that individuals, organizations, communities, and nations face around the world. Based on research publications in top management journals we will cover topics such as: “the interplay between nonprofits, institutional actors and the community”, “health care’s grand challenges”; “climate change”; “water supply”; “corporate volunteering for societal causes”. Besides, methodological issues when studying grand challenges will be discussed.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students
- … are able to point out who or what is impacted by ethical issues.
- …are able to evaluate academic literature based on profound research skills.
- …are able to summarize academic literature
Necessary prerequisites
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Recommended prerequisites
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| ECTS credits | 6 |
| Graded | yes |
| Workload | 180h |
| Language | English |
| Form of assessment | Presentation |
| Restricted admission | yes |
| Further information | Website of the Chair / “Student Portal” |
Examiner Performing lecturer |  | Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmig Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmig |
| Frequency of offering | Fall semester |
| Range of application | M.Sc. MMM, M.Sc. Bus. Edu., M.Sc. Econ., M.Sc. Bus. Inf. |
| Preliminary course work | – |
| Program-specific Competency Goals | CG 3, CG 4 |
| Literature | Gerard George, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Aparna Joshi, and Laszlo Tihany: Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research, in: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 59, No. 6, 2016 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2016.4007) |
| Course outline | Requirements:
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