How artificial intelligence will revolutionize management studies: a Savagean perspective

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2024.101330

Peter Kesting

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Artificial intelligence (AI) will profoundly impact management studies. This has become apparent, especially post the ChatGPT hype. This influence expands beyond the domain of management itself, extending into the research process. What shape will this take? This essay aims to give an initial assessment. Building upon Savage's dichotomy of small worlds and the grand world, this essay evaluates which scientific insights necessitate genuine creativity, thereby surpassing the current capabilities of AI, and which do not demand such ingenuity. To accomplish this, an examination of prevalent research formats—quantitative and qualitative empirical research, literature reviews, and conceptual research—will be conducted. The findings suggest that as AI matures, it is expected to assume a substantial part of prior research. This prospective transformation holds the potential to elevate knowledge creation by enabling a deeper exploration of theory development and application—areas where human involvement remains indispensable. With significant changes in research structures likely, the challenge ahead is managing this transformation constructively.

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人工智能将如何彻底改变管理研究：萨凡奇的视角

人工智能（AI）将对管理研究产生深远影响。这一点已经显而易见，尤其是在 ChatGPT 炒作之后。这种影响超出了管理学本身的领域，延伸到了研究过程中。这将呈现出怎样的态势？本文旨在对此进行初步评估。在萨维奇提出的小世界和大世界二分法的基础上，本文将评估哪些科学见解需要真正的创造力，从而超越人工智能当前的能力，哪些不需要这种创造力。为了实现这一目标，本文将对流行的研究形式--定量和定性实证研究、文献综述和概念研究--进行考察。研究结果表明，随着人工智能的成熟，预计它将承担之前研究的很大一部分。这种前瞻性的转变有可能通过对理论发展和应用进行更深入的探索来提升知识创造，而在这些领域，人类的参与仍然是不可或缺的。随着研究结构可能发生重大变化，未来的挑战是如何建设性地管理这种转变。

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Scandinavian Journal of Management MANAGEMENT-

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4.00

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71 days

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.