The Contribution of the International Colloquium on Epistemology and Sociology of Science to the Administration Field in Brazil

Abstract

The article identifies and produces a contribution analysis of the International Colloquium on Epistemology and Sociology of Management Science to advance in the scientific area of administration in Brazil, between 2011 and 2013. Thus, there is a particular overview description of works and special lectures presented at the event, during the period mentioned above. Five major trends are identified regarding contribution. The first one is the confirmation of critical epistemology inclination of the administration within that applied social science, continuing an option already outlined from the beginning of that particular epistemology, in the 1980s. The second is the enrichment of these approaches of critic characteristic through their bases renewing, reaffirming what happens in other sciences, that is, it is possible to notice the criticism weakening based on the so-called "grand narratives". The third trend is expressed by the intense exchange of knowledge with other sciences and disciplines, encouraging advances for the administration and those subjects. The fourth trend is the interest in further discussion on philosophical, historical and scientific roots of knowledge produced so far in business administration. That trend brings several studies of prospective nature for administration, in which the authors are not limited to criticizing/denouncing the already positioned science, but go beyond and risk on proposing new ways to analyze, conceive and experience the phenomena connected with management and organizations. The fifth conference type of contribution is the presentation of epistemological analysis of knowledge produced in several specific areas of administration, such as strategy, finance and marketing, diversifying the potential of the administration epistemology. The research also promotes a brief presentation of articles published in the exclusive special edition of works discussed at the International Colloquium on Epistemology of 2014.

Keywords:
Epistemology colloquium of administration; Sociology colloquium of administration science; Contributions to the advancement of business administration