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Publication Date: 2015
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A Safe Place to Stay Sharp: Action Learning Meets Cooperative Inquiry in the Service of NHS OD Capacity Building
Traeger, James; Norgate, Carolyn
Action Learning: Research and Practice, v12 n2 p197-207 2015
This is an account of practice. It explores the meeting point between action learning and action research, as a way of doing capacity building in organisational development (OD) in the NHS in the UK. The authors were part of a short cooperative inquiry (Heron, J. 1996. "Co-operative Inquiry: Research into the Human Condition." London: Sage). The research found that it was vital in such challenging environments as the current NHS scene to have a "safe place to stay sharp." They outline here what the qualities of such a space might be for themselves, and, following the notion of parallel process (what we experience may be symptomatic of the wider system), for other OD practitioners in the NHS.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Capacity Building, Inquiry, Cooperative Learning, Action Research, Organizational Development, Health Occupations, Health Sciences, Teamwork, Educational Practices, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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