Call For Papers on Pragmatic Constructivism and Construction of Organised Reality
The purpose of the conferences on actor-reality construction is to exchange research ideas and contributions to deepen insight into the problems and possibilities of constructing social human practices and strengthen the output of research articles and books. We welcome submissions within any topics that provide insight into the methods and techniques for the construction of (dys-)functional practices.
Specifically, the Xth conference will focus on the role of different types of specialised language games (professionals, accounting, management, marketing, strategy, etc.) in the construction of (dys-)functional organisational practices. Language game means that human beings construct and organise in their everyday practices around the use of language as a set of narration. Such narration is blended with other forms of action. The language constructions developed in local practices must integrate the four dimensions of reality to function pragmatically, in order to create intentional results of organisational activities. As an organisation runs by multiple interconnected specialised language games that have to function successfully together, the conference will also provide insights on methods by which cooperation among the specialised language games can be successfully created. Additionally, we are curious about the role AI-languages and IT-systems are playing in the construction and management of specialised practices. Finally, the conference will focus on the role of research methodologies and meta-language games in the construction of organisational practices and the form (and deform) of reality constructions they create. A major concern is the soundness, ethics and the role of the emerging language games in creating or negating intelligent learning- and value-oriented organisations.
The possible subject areas of the desired submissions include (but are not limited to) the following:
– Language games of performance management and accounting in professional driven public sector activities, various types of business activities, industries consultancy and firm advisor relation, milieus of user participation facilitated by the social Web, NPD projects, entrepreneurial companies, learning platforms, inter-organisational relations, etc.
– Language games of possibilities, the good, ethics, democracy, digitalisation, organisational cooperation, organisational learning, corporate social responsibility, meta theories, etc.
– Language games of the coronavirus crisis
The conference invites three categories of contributions: i) Full papers, ii) Abstracts and iii) PhD-projects. There will be enough time for in-depth discussions and reflections among the participants, which will hopefully develop their thoughts and paper writings further.
About pragmatic constructivism and actor-reality construction
Pragmatic constructivism conceives reality as a complex set of constructs created by the actors in interaction with their environment. Interacting with others and ‘things’ in the world through language and actions, actors produce common reality constructs, which are the basis of practice. Pragmatic constructivism offers some conceptual fundamentals for understanding and analysing how actors construct a successful actor-world relationship in a dynamic environment. In particular the following are considered to be conceptual fundamentals: practice constructed through actorship, language games and co-authorship; four dimensions of reality – facts, possibilities, values, and communication – must be integrated in the actor-world relation if the construct is to form a successful basis for effective actions, organisational learning, and an integrative learning theory of truth involving a learning circle between proactive truth and pragmatic truth. The previous conferences have produced various theoretical and empirical contributions within different academic fields.
Organizing committee:
– Antonio Leotta, University of Catania, Italy
– Carmela Rizza, University of Catania, Italy
– Daniela Ruggeri, University of Catania, Italy
– Teemu Laine, Tampere University, Finland
– Lino Cinquini, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy
– Daniela Pianezzi, University of Essex, UK
– Hanne Nørreklit, Aarhus University, Denmark
Submission and contacts to:
leottant@unict.it and
hannenorreklit@mgmt.au.dk
Deadline for submissions: 31, August, 2020
Program (Presentation 15 min – Discussion 15 min)
Thursday, 1 October
09:45 – 10:00 Welcome and Hello
10:00 – 12:15 | Session: Language Games
Chair: Antonio Leotta
A Socratic language game of accounting in the performance management of innovative projects
Presenter: Jacob Liboriussen | Discussant: Teemu Laine
Integrated Reporting – What is the integration?
Presenters: Lino Cinquini, Hanne Nørreklit, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci | Discussant: Margit Malmmose
(11:00 – 11:15 Break out room and coffee)
Cases of management accounting practices on Danish dairy farms
Presenter: Morten Jakobsen | Discussant: Lisa Jack
New product development in academic-based research projects
Presenters: Fabio Magnacca, Riccardo Giannetti, Giovanna Mariani | Discussant: Jakob Liboriussen
12:15 – 13:45 Break out room and Lunch
13:45 – 16:00 | Session: Language Games
Chair: Lino Cinquini
The management control system and the impact of digitalization on new product development processes
Presenter: Mariastella Messina | Discussants: Fabio Magnacca, Andrea Tenucci
What’s the Problem? On problems in problem-based research and problem-based learning
Presenter: Lars Bo Henriksen | Discussant: Tuomas Korhonen
(14:45 – 16:00 Break out Salon and coffee)
Introduction: How to analyze Language games?
Friday, 2 October
10:00 – 12:15 | Session: Values and COVID-19
Chair: Hanne Nørreklit
Longing for Recognition: An inquiry into NGOs’ accountability and organizational identity formation
Presenter: Daniela Pianezzi | Discussant: Lennart Nørreklit
Control by reason or paranoia – the underpinnings of freedom and fear in language games
Presenter: Lennart Nørreklit | Discussant: Daniela Pianezzi
(11:00 – 11:15 Break out room)
The linguistic dimension of accounting as a mechanism of the Covid-19 related risk governance in public hospitals
Presenters: Antonio Leotta, Carmela Rizza, Daniela Ruggeri | Discussant: Morten Jakobsen
An actor’s perspective to resilience against COVID-19
Presenters: Carmela Rizza, Daniela Ruggeri | Discussants: Tuomas Korhonen, Ossi Heino, Teemu Laine, Hanne Nørreklit
12:15 – 13:45 Break out room and Lunch
13:45 – 16:00 | Session: Values and Universities
Chair: Daniela Pianezzi
The goodness of the best in public administration
Presenters: Margit Malmmose, Hanne Nørreklit | Discussants: Giovanna Mauro, Lars Bo Henriksen
Universities in numbers: An analysis of the role of digitalization
Presenters: Sara Giovanna Mauro, Lino Cinquini, Hanne Nørreklit | Discussants: Giacomo Pigatto, Guven-Uslu Pinar
(14:45 – 16:00 Break out Salon and coffee)
Introduction: Values – Their nature and significance in the neoliberal era. How form other narratives
Break Out Rooms
Group 1
Members: Cinquini Lino, Guven-Uslu Pinar, Jakobsen Morten, Laine Teemu, Liboriussen Jakob, Pigatto Giacomo, Cardillo Eleonora, Saukkonen Natalia
Group 2
Members: Campanale Cristina, Henriksen Lars Bo, Messina Mariastella, Nørreklit Hanne, Rizza Carmela, Tenucci Andrea, Jack Lisa
Group 3
Members: Korhonen Tuomas, Leotta Antonio, Magnacca Fabio, Malmmose Margit, Mauro Sara Giovanna, Norreklit Lennart, Pianezzi Daniela, Ruggeri Daniela