The Use of Appreciative Inquiry in Organisational Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12347332 |
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| Authors | Ruth Khalili Friedman (0000-0002-3330-0830, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, corresponding author), Ruth Friedman (National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance, managing the development of clinical practice guidelines to support general practitioners in the management of cardiovascular disease risk. This article was written towards completion of a Masters in Program Evaluation at the University of Melbourne.) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-25 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation Journal of Australasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-719X • E-ISSN: 2515-9372 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1035719x1101100106 |
| OpenAlex | W2255043011 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The introduction of organisational change presents a number of challenges for managers. These can include staff perception of the power of managers, the need to achieve measurable outcomes from the change process, and the tension between using outside experts and internal knowledge. Participatory evaluation methods are suitable for organisational change as they can be used at various stages of program development (Owen 2006, p. 234). They focus on questions such as: ‘What is this program trying to achieve? How could delivery be changed to make it more effective? How could this organisation be changed to make it more effective?’ (Owen 2006, p. 218). This article presents the key features of one participatory method, the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach, with particular emphasis on its positive approach to organisational change
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| Highly cited | No |
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