Practical solutions to real problems: purpose or utopia?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20401/lagos.13.1.381

Keywords:

Rigorous, Relevance, Business games, Management lab

Abstract

The editorial advances the discussion on the need for the academic environment to promote practical solutions to the real problems that the world faces, for that purpose, the theory of paradox and the approach of co-creation were used as a mediating process to balance scientific rigor and practical relevance. As an example of the effort to respond to the dilemma, we describe the role of management labs in stimulating the co-creation process.

Author Biography

Murilo Alvarenga Oliveira, UFF

PhD in Business Administration from FEA-USP, graduated and Master in Business Administration (UFRRJ). He is an associate professor in the Department of Administration at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Campus Volta Redonda) ICHS UFF PUVR. He was coordinator of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in the Professional Master's in Administration at UFF (MPA-VR) (2015-2019) and serves as a professor and advisor. His research interests organized in the Lines: (1) Strategy and Capabilities for Technology and Innovation, (2) Management Laboratory Environments and (3) Project Management, Decision Support and Organizational Performance (Indicators and Technological Projects). He is the leader of the Research Group - Simulated Organizational Management Laboratory (LAGOS) UFF, where he coordinates Scientific Initiation and Master's research. He works as a professor in MBAs at UFF with an emphasis on the MBA in Entrepreneurial Management and the MBA in Business Economics at UFSCar. He has experience in Quality, Marketing and Training and Development of companies in the pharmaceutical sector and technology in agribusiness. His insertion in the national and international community includes acting as an ad-hoc evaluator in the journals RAC, BBR, RAEP, RASI and as an evaluator in scientific events such as: Academy of Management Conference, IAM, EnANPAD, SEMEAD, CASI, 3ES. He is currently a member of the Academia de Administração (AoM) and the Sociedade de Ensino para Educadores em Administração (OBTS). Its production has an emphasis on Business Administration, acting mainly on the following themes: business games, organizational simulations, project management, decision making and use of innovation.

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2023-01-19

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OLIVEIRA, Murilo Alvarenga. Practical solutions to real problems: purpose or utopia?. REVISTA LAGOS, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 1, p. 1–2, 2023. DOI: 10.20401/lagos.13.1.381. Disponível em: https://lagos.vr.uff.br/index.php/lagos/article/view/381. Acesso em: 4 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): LAGOS Journal

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Editorial

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