Re-Visioning Management: Quantum Perspectives

Abstract

This symposium addresses the AOM 2020 theme through a series of opening talks and an hour of dialogue around the theme of Quantum Perspectives. The presenters turn to quantum concepts through which physics has described a reality which is unexpectedly conscious and interconnected. The discovery in physics of the quantum realm as a subjective as well as objective reality is opening new possibility for social sciences such as management. Each of the presenters in this symposium explores the relationship between practices of connectedness to gain direct-intuitive insight into the quantum nature of reality and transformation of the discipline of management to be an agent of human flourishing. Our contributions are to eliminate the dichotomies that conventional management theory enact, and to propose alternative narratives from quantum perspectives. Quantum Empathy and Global Transcendence Presenter: Kathryn Pavlovich; Waikato Management School Driving Organizational Entrainment Through Spiritual Leadership Presenter: Danny Sandra; U. of Antwerp Presenter: Sharda Nandram; Nyenrode Business U. V-Theory: A Quantum-Field Approach to Leadership Development Presenter: Anil K. Maheshwari; Maharishi U. of Management Practices, Purpose, and Consciousness: How Business Leaders Move Toward Positive Business Outcomes Presenter: Joseph S. Leah; Florida Gulf Coast U. / Case Western U. Catalyzing the Quantum Shift: Exploring Pathways for Business Education and Research Presenter: Julia Storberg-Walker; George Washington U. Experience and Understanding of Wholeness in Consciousness-Based Education Presenter: Dennis P. Heaton; Maharishi International U.