Desirable futures, fictional expectations and the contribution of management labs

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https://doi.org/10.20401/lagos.13.2.386

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Desirable futures, Fictional expectations, Business games, Management lab

Abstract

The volatile and uncertain future demands environments for research and expansion of methodological perspectives, where acts of imagination and fictional expectations are promising resources. Thus, scholars should expand methodological tools using future-oriented environments, i.e., “laboratories of the future” that operate as spaces for creating thought experiments or utopian thinking. In this editorial we present a possible alternative, projecting the contribution of the management lab to the co-creation of desirable futures.

Author Biography

Murilo Alvarenga Oliveira, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF - PPGA

Ph.D. in Business Administration at FEA-USP. Associate professor at the Department of Business and Public Administration at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Campus Volta Redonda). He holds a postdoctoral degree at FEA-USP (2021) with the research "Efficiency and Future Studies in the O&G Sector." He is a visiting professor at the Gustavson School of Business - University of Victoria, BC, Canada. He was coordinator of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in the Professional Master's in Business Administration at UFF (MPA-VR) (2015-2019) and works as a professor and advisor. His research interests are 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-Laboratory of Simulated Organizational Management (LAGOS) UFF, where he coordinates Scientific Initiation and Master's research. He is a professor in MBAs at UFF and UFSCar. He has expertise in the Quality, Training, and Development of firms in the pharmaceutical and technology in agribusiness. Its insertion in the national community includes acting as an evaluator ad hoc in RAC, BBR, RAEP, RASI journals, and scientific journals such as Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, IAM, EnANPAD, SEMEAD, CASI, 3ES. He is currently a member of the Academy of Management (AoM) and the Teaching Society for Management Educators (OBTS). His production is focused on Business Administration, mainly on innovation in the following topics: business simulation games, organizational organizations, project management, dynamic capabilities, technological prospecting, and innovation management.

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2023-01-20

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OLIVEIRA, Murilo Alvarenga. Desirable futures, fictional expectations and the contribution of management labs. REVISTA LAGOS, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 2, p. 26–27, 2023. DOI: 10.20401/lagos.13.2.386. Disponível em: https://lagos.vr.uff.br/index.php/lagos/article/view/386. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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