Hi Lisa, One of the best resources for Action Research has been written by Bob Dick (who's internationally renound in this area):
You can find lots at: http://www.aral.com.au/ Including a great free 6 week online course.... which I highly recommend! Also... Bob has written a book called "Helping groups to be effective" ... which is all about facilitation.... Hope this helps! Warm regards, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group W: http://www.babelfishgroup.com E: [email protected] M: +61400 352 809 F: +61(0)3 8610 0162 On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, folks - > > I am doing some writing about action research as it specifically applies > to facilitation. > > (and thank you Keith and Mike for a stimulating butterfly conversation > about that at the WOSonOS. *Loved* it.). > > Action Research might best be described as different approaches to product > design, social issues, organizational systems or other change / improvement > goals that combine ideas, actions and reflection in a continuous cycle. One > example of this is where a group of people in an organization might get > together to think up a new way of doing something (reflecting on what is > known or learned so far), then roll it out into the organization, gathering > data on what works / what does not work so well, then meeting again to > review and reflect... and continuing the cycle: putting what they learned > into adjusting the way of doing something, rolling it out again in its next > version... and so on. > > This is done in some organizations, businesses and communities and for > everything from health care to community services to education. > > Above is my very simplistic way of describing it it but I'm guessing you > know what I mean. > > I would love to include in my writing some books or articles - online or > otherwise - that *specifically* discuss Action Research as it relates to > Facilitation. > And my own learning about this is from the School of Life rather than > through reading. > > So if there are papers, books or articles that you would like me to > include on this 'where to learn more' list - thank you for letting me know > at [email protected] > > Many thanks, > Lisa > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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