W E L C O M E to Classics in Business Administration

Christian Ax Professor of business studies, specialized in management accounting Discipline head of accounting PhD, 1997, ”Product costing in theory and practice” Current research: Motivation and timing of adoption of management accounting innovations Dimensions of competition and customer accounting system design Management control systems as a package: Configurations, interrelationships, and effectiveness of MCS Information systems and organizational performance

Course Participants Josefin Anderson SolsAccounting Fredrik AndréAccounting Irina BalogMarketing Robin BankelMarketing Alena BrettmoLogistics Seyed Mahmoud HosseinniakaniAccounting Jonas JakobssonAccounting Jia LuDept. of Applied IT Kamran RashidiLogistics Misty RawlsMarketing Zeeshan RazaLogistics Daniel TyskboManagement Laurence WainwrightManagement

Classics in Business Administration What are classic texts? Articles and books within a field that have come to be considered as classics due to their significant impact on the literature in the field Classics in this course Articles and books that the faculty considers to be classics

Four Dimensions of a Classic Article (Biemans et al., 2010) Pioneering idea ”The paper presents a big idea” ”The paper offers significant intellectual value” ”The paper addresses a major and persistent gap in our knowledge” Craftmanship ”The paper is well researched” ”The paper develops an idea in a logical way” ”The paper gives a comprehensive view of a topic” Enduring contribution to cornerstone knowledge ”The paper withstood the test of time” ”The paper contributed to the language in the field” ”The paper is required reading for scholars in the field” Network buzz ”The paper is highly cited by scholars/practitioners” ”The paper is recognized in newspapers and the business press” ”The paper is recognized by the academic community as a classic”

Aim & Learning Outcomes Aim of the course To provide an overview of articles and books within the field of business administration that have come to be considered classics due to their significant impact on the literature in the field Knowledge and understanding Demonstrate broad knowledge and systematic understanding of the research field as well as advanced and up-to-date specialised knowledge in a limited area of this field Skills and abilities Demonstrate the capacity for scholarly analysis and synthesis as well as to review and assess new and complex phenomena, issues and situations autonomously and critically

Forms of Instructions Presentations: Senior researchers present and discuss classics  The presenters’ choice of articles/books  Course participants must read the classics in advance  Hand in written reflections (around two pages per presentation) reflecting upon major issues in the classics or according to instructions from presenters  Reflections should be ed to the presenters not later than two days before each presentation Seminars: Course participants present and discuss articles/books  Seminars are organised by course participants  Each course participant should present and discuss two articles/books from the ”List of Classics in…” of their own choice  Send me a list no later than September 9 of classics to be presented at each of the 7 seminars. There should be 3 or 4 presentations at each seminar.

Presenters and Classics Ulf Nilsson, AccountingJohnson & Kaplan Henrik Agndal, AccountingWilliamson Ted Lindblom, I&FMCoase and Jensen & Meckling Östen Ohlsson, ManagementTaylor Stefan Tengblad, ManagementCarlson Lena Mossberg, MarketingBitner and Holbrook & Hirschman Ola Bergström, ManagementBerger & Luckmann Jan Marton, AccountingOhlson

Assessment & Grading Assessment Mandatory attendance at presentations and seminars is required for a pass grade Contribution to presentation and seminar discussions Oral presentations of articles/books at seminars Written reflections (presentations) Individually written essay Grading Fail or Pass

Individually written essay Optional topic, but should focus on classic articles/books Optional method, e.g. literature study/review, interview study, questionnaire study, content analysis, citation analysis Topic selection no later than October 2(or earlier/later?) Topic should be approved in advance by the course responsible To be delivered no later than October 31 (or earlier/later?) Should we have essay seminars?