Looking Back to Go Ahead

Authors

  • Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini UFPB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2238-104X.2021v11n2.59982

Abstract

Historically, theory and practice were set apart for a number of reasons, including (1) our incomplete understanding about their critical interconnectedness for individual, organizational and social well-being, (2) the increasing complexity of human knowledge and applications, and (3) the agenda of professional groups. As of 2021, we celebrate the first decade of TPA, a scholarly journal aimed at bringing together theory and practice for the benefit of contemporary organizations. Here, I comment on TPA’s principles and my main concerns for the next 10 years.

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Author Biography

Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini, UFPB

Carlo Bellini holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Management and a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) at Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. He worked several years as systems analyst, DBA, and programmer in the Brazilian software industry, servicing customer companies in industries such as air transportation, news media, and telecom. He is associate professor of Information Systems and research representative at the Management Department, Center for the Applied Social Sciences (CCSA), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) at João Pessoa - the Easternmost city of the Americas. He is also vice-head of the Center for Technology and Regional Development (CTDR) at UFPB, which is focused on research that leverage the local economy through the capabilities of its people, industry and natural resources. Dr. Bellini is chief researcher of the Information Technology & Society research group at the Brazilian research agency (CNPq) for promoting IT as a vector of business standardization and positive social change. He is editor-in-chief of Teoria e Prática em Administração (a peer-reviewed Brazilian journal that discusses management theory and practice) and in 2009 he and Dr. Rita Pereira edited the very first special issue of an international journal (Journal of Global Information Technology Management) dedicated exclusively to IT research in Brazil. Membership includes: ANPAD (Brazil), AIS, INFORMS and ACM. He invites academics and practitioners to collaborate in research and industry efforts on his main professional interests: IT-mediated social change and organizational improvement. He is also interested in the management of IT professionals, social issues of IT development and use, IT service quality, IT research methods, IT aesthetics, Internet-mediated communities, and business ethics.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Bellini, C. G. P. (2021). Looking Back to Go Ahead. Theory and Practice in Administration - TPA, 11(2), 166–168. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2238-104X.2021v11n2.59982

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Jul/Dez

Section

Special Seccion - 10 Years of TPA

License

Autores mantêm, irrestritamente, o copyright e os direitos autorais, e concedem à revista Teoria e Prática em Administração (TPA) o direito à primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons Attribution CC BY que permite o compartilhamento da obra com o reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.