BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T235411Z UID:za4nCw DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260413T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260413T140000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260305T135535 DESCRIPTION: Title: More than a ‘tool’: a systems-theory perspective on how large-language models endogenously transform management knowledge (fo r the worse) \n\n \n Eimear Nolan\, Trinity Business School\, Trinity Coll ege Dublin \n Dirk Lindebaum\, School of Management\, University of Bath \ n Mehreen Ashraf\, Cardiff Business School \n \n\n Abstract: Large languag e models (LLMs) are often considered a ‘tool’ in management research. However\, this perspective prevents a deeper systemic understanding of fac tors leading to their adoption\, and how their presence as an epistemic te chnology transforms the production of management knowledge in toto. Adopti ng a deterministic view of LLMs as an epistemic technology\, and defending the ‘purist’ position concerning the non-use of LLMs in research proc esses\, we draw on Developmental System Theory to interrogate how LLMs inf luence (i) the production of management knowledge\, and how (ii) that infl uence initiates epistemic feedback loops and practises that reduce the sco pe of truth and possible knowledge. Without this understanding\, LLMs keep affecting the research process disadvantageously\, and the resultant know ledge affects social relations in and around work problematically. Our mod el constitutes a diagnostic tool to understand how the use of LLMs in the research processes endogenously transforms knowledge production in managem ent research - for the worse. In so doing\, our model is also a tool of po ssible remedy\, for it highlights that an exclusive focus on LLMs and thei r effects on the production of management knowledge will be insufficient t o undo the epistemic feedback loops and practises already set in motion. \ n\n Bio: Dirk Lindebaum is Professor in Management and Organisation at the University of Bath School of Management (UK). He is curious about “valu es” as a meta-theme in his research\, particularly in relation to theory building\, learning/education\, technology\, and emotions at work. His wo rk regularly appears in journals of international distinction\, such as th e Academy of Management Review\, Academy of Management Learning &\; Edu cation\, Journal of Management Studies\, Organization Studies\, and Human Relations. In addition\, he is the author of the book Emancipation through Emotion Regulation (Edward Elgar\, 2017). Despite his theoretical pursuit s\, the practical relevance of his research is regularly recognized in new s outlets\, such as the Financial Times\, New York Times\, BBC Radio 5 Liv e\, Wirtschaftswoche\, Daily Mail\, Independent\, FORTUNE magazine\, and B loomberg Business Week. Furthermore\, he has published several practitione r-focused articles in MIT Sloan Management Review\, one of which has been accepted into the Honor Roll of the Responsible Research in Business and M anagement network as an indication that his research serves the larger goo d. \n\n Note: Tea/coffee and sandwiches will be served between 12 - 1 pm i n front of Cafe Jolt on the Lower Ground Floor. \n\n Photographs will be t aken during this seminar and may be shared on social media. If you do not wish to appear\, please notify tbs.research@tcd.ie. \n LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T112725 LOCATION:Room 436 & via Zoom ORGANIZER:mailto:TBS.Research@tcd.ie SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Professor Dirk Lindebaum URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-dirk-l indebaum-2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-dirk-l indebaum-2026 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR