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A gile Learning and Management in a Digital Age This book offers a detailed theoretical analysis of the fields of learning and management in the digital age. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it opens a dialogue between agile management theory and agile learning theory. The book argues that there is a tension between participative and action- orientated approaches on the one hand and neoliberal enclosure of the actor on the other hand. It takes this as an opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue between learning theories and management concepts. With contributions from a range of international experts, chapters discuss the need for suitable theoretical, epistemological, and ethical foundations as well as practice-orientated methods for learning and management to implement appropriate strategies and meet educational challenges. This highly topical book will be of great interest to academics, postgraduate students, and researchers in the fields of digital learning, educational theory, management theory, and communication studies. D avid Kergel is Professor of Social Work, IU International University of Applied Sciences and Director of the Center for Diversity and Education in the Digital Age, Germany. Birte Heidkamp-Kergel is the Leading Coordinator of the E-Learning Centre, Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany. H anne Nørreklit is Professor of Management Accounting and Control, Aarhus University, Denmark. Michael Paulsen is Associate Professor at the Syddansk University, Denmark. Perspectives on Education in the Digital Age Series Editors: David Kergel and Birte Heidkamp The process of digitalization is leading to a fundamental social change affecting all spheres of social life. In the pedagogical field there is a need for re-structuring key concepts such as learning, teaching and education that considers socio- economic and cultural changes. Perspectives on Education in the Digital Age explores the process of coming to terms with socio-economic and socio-cultural shifts arising from digitalization and discusses this process with reference to its effects on education. The Series provides a forum for discussion of critical, integrative analyses of social transformations in the digital age, drawn from different fields such as the humanities, social sciences and economics. The aim of the Series is to analyse the implications of cultural change on education in the digital age by bringing together interdisciplinary dialogue and different theoretical approaches. Foreign Language Learning in the Digital Age Theory and Pedagogy for Developing Literacies . Edited by Christiane Lütge Smart Campus E-Readiness A Framework for Cyberspace Learning Strategic Management S ayed Hadi Sadeghi N ordic Childhoods in the Digital Age I nsights into Contemporary Research on Communication, Learning and Education E dited by Kristiina Kumpulainen, Anu Kajamaa, Ola Erstad, Åsa Mäkitalo, Kirsten Drotner and Sólveig Jakobsdóttir A gile Learning and Management in a Digital Age D ialogic Leadership E dited by David Kergel, Birte Heidkamp-Kergel, Hanne Nørreklit and Michael Paulsen For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/ Perspectives-on-Education-in-the-Digital-Age/book-series/EDUDIG Agile Learning and Management in a Digital Age Dialogic Leadership Edited by David Kergel, Birte Heidkamp-Kergel, Hanne Nørreklit and Michael Paulsen First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, David Kergel, Birte Heidkamp-Kergel, Hanne Nørreklit and Michael Paulsen; individual chapters, the contributors The right of David Kergel, Birte Heidkamp-Kergel, Hanne Nørreklit and Michael Paulsen to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. T rademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-03731-8 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-03732-5 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-18872-8 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003188728 T ypeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC Contents List of editors and contributors vii 1 Introduction 1 PART 1 Learning to manage the digital turn 3 2 Agile cognition and the age of transformation 5 LENNART NØRREKLIT 3 Revisiting enabling formalizations of remote work: learnings for short-term and long-term impacts 38 TEEMU LAINE, TUOMAS KORHONEN, AND NATALIA NIINA MARIA SAUKKONEN 4 Digital technologies, management, and big data: a way to a “living” or a “dead” (school) life? 56 FINN WIEDEMANN, DION RÜSSELBÆK HANSEN, AND MICHAEL PAULSEN 5 Paranoiac versus agile management of universities 70 LENNART NØRREKLIT, LISA JACK, AND HANNE NØRREKLIT PART 2 Learning and management in the digital age 97 6 From agile management to agile-orientated teaching and learning: a heuristic analysis 99 DAVID KERGEL AND BIRTE HEIDKAMP-KERGEL vi Contents 7 Moving forward in social constructivist theories through agile learning in the digital age 107 INGRID NOGUERA 8 The magic of digitalized educational projects 126 NIKOLAJ KURE 9 Lightschools® space and freedom for the co-creation of new possibilities, opportunities, and valuable solutions 140 BRITT VAN MENSVOORT – IN CREATIVE COLLABORATION WITH MAR CANO MESA 10 Agile learning and management in times of crisis in the digital age: actor-reality construction in the COVID-19 pandemic 159 TUOMAS KORHONEN, FABIO MAGNACCA, OSSI HEINO, TEEMU LAINE, JAKOB LIBORIUSSEN, AND HANNE NØRREKLIT PART 3 The digital management of the lifeworld 177 11 From the fordist self to the entrepreneurial self : self-management in times of digitization 179 DAVID KERGEL 12 Between romance and market: the construction of partnership on dating platforms 190 ANNICK ANCELIN-BOURGUIGNON AND HANNE NØRREKLIT 13 Conclusion 214 Index 215 Editors and contributors Annick Ancelin-Bourguignon, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at ESSEC Busi- ness School, France. Her research addresses psychological, sociological, ideological, and ethical dimensions of management systems; organizational change and creativity; psychosocial risks; and teaching methods. Dion Rüsselbæk Hansen is Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the leader of the Pedagogy, Culture, and Leadership research program. His research interests lie in educational policy, philosophy of education, psychoanalysis, and critical research in education. Birte Heidkamp-Kergel, MA, is the coordinator of e-learning at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Her research interest is in the interface between teaching and learning, media pedagogy, and e-education. O ssi Heino, PhD, is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Tampere University on a project concerning the resilience of health systems. His research interests lie at the intersection of critical infrastructures, preparedness, and terrorism. L isa Jack, PhD, is Professor of Accounting, Portsmouth Business School, UK. She is a former president of the British Accounting and Finance Association. Her research interests lie in management information for decision-making, including accounting communication, accounting, and social theory. She has a special interest in accounting in agri-food industries. D avid Kergel, PhD, is Professor at the International University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Germany. His research includes qualitative educational research, media education, diversity in the digital age, and teaching evalua- tion. He is a coordinator of the research group “Diversity and Education in the Digital Age.” Tuomas Korhonen, PhD, is Associate Professor of Profitability Management at Tampere University, Finland. His research interests lie in studying the viii Editors and contributors potential of management accounting in contributing to various types of managerial work, including balancing of different types of values. Nikolaj Kure, PhD, is an associate professor at the Department of Business Communication, Aarhus University, Denmark. His primary research interests include new public management reforms, organizational paradox, and organizational change. Teemu Laine, PhD, is Professor of Profitability Management at Tampere Uni- versity, Finland. His current research interests include management accounting and decision-making in service business and R&D management. He is also heavily involved in developing the interventionist research approach. Jakob Liboriussen, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway. His current research interests include management accounting in the public sector and management accounting communication. Fabio Magnacca, PhD, CA, is a postdoctoral researcher in Accounting and Business Administration at the University of Pisa, Italy. He tends to conduct interventionist research, and he is interested in understanding and developing performance management practices within organizations, mostly adopt- ing a pragmatic constructivist approach. Britt van Mensvoort has a master degree in Health Psychology from Tilburg University, Netherlands. She is the founder and initial creator of Light- schools and the author of the book Living Is Learning. Mar Cano Mesa has a master degree in Research and Change in Education from Barcelona University, Spain. She is interested in multiple educational ecosystems around the world and in learning from innovative educational systems, institutions, pedagogies, and methodologies. Ingrid Noguera, PhD, is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Edu- cational Theories and Social Pedagogy of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests are teaching and learning in digital society and innovative teaching methods. Hanne Nørreklit, PhD, is Professor of Management Accounting and Control, at School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research areas include performance management and control, management rhetoric, and validity issues in accounting and management. She is the coordinator of the research network on pragmatic constructivism (see http:// mgmt.au.dk/research/organisation-strategy-and-accounting/osa-research/ networks/actor-reality-construction/ ). L ennart Nørreklit, PhD, has been Professor of Philosophy and Management at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research interests are the concept of Editors and contributors ix reality, cross-cultural philosophy, methodology of social science, and philosophy of the “good life.” He has developed the philosophical basis of pragmatic constructivism. M ichael Paulsen, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of Intercultural Peda- gogy Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Department for the Study of Culture. His research focuses on the ontology and axiology of education. In particular, he has an interest in “Bildung theory” and pedagogy in the Anthropocene. N atalia Niina Maria Saukkonen, PhD, is a funding expert at St1 Oy. H er research interests cover investment decision-making and emission control. F inn Wiedemann is Associate Professor at the Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark. His research interests are science of education, school development, and leadership.