2023

Aaltonen, Valtteri A.

This qualitative article-based dissertation examines responsible management education in Finnish business schools. Two articles in the dissertation apply thematic analysis to data consisting of 46 qualitative interviews with administrative personnel, teachers, and researchers in the faculties of Finnish business schools, as well as study guides from Finnish business schools. The third article conceptualises education for planetary well-being. My thesis is built on the premise that responsible management education in academic institutions is a processual phenomenon, and I investigate this from three perspectives. More specifically, in the research articles I show: 1. how authenticity and becoming authentic is an important process of embedding responsible management education placing emphasis on parallel style of process theory, 2. how recognition of rhythms of organising is an example of processuality that can be called recursive, and 3. how the ontological and pedagogical dialogue of education for planetary well-being is a way to develop conjunctive processuality both in the practice of management education, and in the theoretical pluralism towards interdisciplinary encounters. In addition, I provide managerial suggestions aligned with the new theorem for humanity which is presented in article 3: Responsibility for planetary well-being is the new measure of humanity.