Online education and organisational space in business schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 0.9 4区管理学 Q4 BUSINESS

South African Journal of Business Management Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI:10.4102/sajbm.v54i1.3541

Albrecht Fritzsche, H. Kriek

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Abstract

Purpose: The article studies how the shutdown of campuses and subsequent change to online course delivery during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have changed the experience of organisational space in management education.Design/methodology/approach: The study utilises a mixed methods approach to data collection and analysis with questionnaires. For a better understanding of spatial experience, a deeper hermeneutic analysis of course design and delivery is undertaken as well.Findings/results: Without the possibility to rely on physical presence, a sense of togetherness in management education is established in different ways, using digital technology to improve time management, get better visual impressions, relate teaching more closely to application environments, etc.Practical implications: The loss of territorial spatial structure on campus can be partially compensated by a different spatial structure resulting from technically mediated experiences of relatedness and proximity in online course delivery by management educators.Originality/value: The article sheds light on the different possibilities to establish educational spaces at business schools, expanding the ongoing discourse on organisational space to the domain of teaching and learning in the digital age.

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COVID-19大流行期间商学院的在线教育和组织空间

目的：本文研究2019冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎）大流行期间校园关闭和随后在线课程交付的变化如何改变了管理教育中的组织空间体验。设计/方法/方法：本研究采用混合方法进行数据收集和问卷分析。为了更好地理解空间体验，我们还对课程设计和交付进行了更深入的解释学分析。研究结果/结果：在不可能依赖身体存在的情况下，管理教育中的团结感以不同的方式建立，使用数字技术来改善时间管理，获得更好的视觉印象，将教学与应用环境更紧密地联系起来，等。实际意义：校园地域空间结构的损失可以通过不同的空间结构来部分弥补，这种空间结构是由管理教育工作者在在线课程交付中的相关和接近的技术中介体验产生的。原创性/价值：这篇文章揭示了在商学院建立教育空间的不同可能性，将正在进行的关于组织空间的讨论扩展到数字时代的教学领域。

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South African Journal of Business Management Multiple-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Business Management publishes articles that have real significance for management theory and practice. The content of the journal falls into two categories: managerial theory and management practice: -Management theory is devoted to reporting new methodological developments, whether analytical or philosophical. In general, papers should, in addition to developing a new theory, include some discussion of applications, either historical or potential. Both state-of-the-art surveys and papers discussing new developments are appropriate for this category. -Management practice concerns the methodology involved in applying scientific knowledge. It focusses on the problems of developing and converting management theory to practice while considering behavioural and economic realities. Papers should reflect the mutual interest of managers and management scientists in the exercise of the management function. Appropriate papers may include examples of implementations that generalise experience rather than specific incidents and facts, and principles of model development and adaptation that underline successful application of particular aspects of management theory. The relevance of the paper to the professional manager should be highlighted as far as possible.