Rekindling the sociological imagination as a pedagogical "package" in management education

Based on the reflections and insights of a sociologist teaching in a school of management, this article invites management educators to rekindle the sociological imagination, which, albeit more than five decades old, is a concept that has not lost its relevance to make sense of organizational phenomena. It is my contention that C. Wright Mills's sociological imagination is a valuable pedagogical “package” in management education as it encourages contextualization of organizational phenomena and fosters reflection, critical thinking, and reflexivity skills. These skills are a suitable complement to the more normative pedagogical approaches that emphasize the technical and instrumental aspects of management.