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Action Learning How we at Dannemiller Tyson Associates view the

Action Research approach, wherein organizations and communities continually look at their experiences—What did we said we’d do? What did we actually do? What did we learn from all that?—in order to agree on what we need to do next.

Action Research Both a model and a process. As a process, Action

Research is a cycle in which research is followed by change activities, the results (learnings) of which are fed into further research (Practicing Organization Development, p. 52, Rothwell, Sullivan, McLean).

Appreciative Inquiry An OD process that grows out of the social constructionist thought and its applications to management and organization transformation. An alternative ...

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