Wikipedia and Open Space...the beginning of something bigger?

Thu Nov 19 06:52:28 PST 2009

To say that there is nothing published that is “peer reviewed” is not quite
right.  Certainly there is not much given the over 200,000 uses of OST.
Academic publishing has not been a priority. Michael, isn’t this list or one
like it available at openspaceworld.org?  If not, I could put out such a
request for folks to add peer reviewed articles in a discussion on the
“ning” site.  What do you all think?

Larry

Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 <mailto:larry at spiritedorg.com> larry at spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829
<http://www.spiritedorg.com/> http://www.spiritedorg.com

 I just published an article on a health website that has some elements of
peer review.  Healthcare
<http://thefirstcanadianhealthcareconference.ca/index.php?/Healthcare-and-Op
en-Space-Technology>  and Open Space Technology 

I consider Bunker and Alban’s book “peer reviewed” and a number of us have
articles published there, e.g.:

1.      Peterson, Larry E. & Peterson, Rebecca, (2006). “Moving to the Next
Level at the Canadian Institute for Health Information”, Bunker, B.B., &
Alban, B.T. (Eds), The Handbook of Large Group Methods, San Francisco,
Jossey-Bass, pp. 343-353. 

Here are some articles I gathered in 2006 from what I believe are peer
reviewed journals:

Brigham, Steve  “Open Space: An Innovative Technique for Partcipatory
Planning”. Planning for Higher Education. 2000. 28(4): p. 35-41.  

Bourner, Tom.  “Exploring the future of Management Development: experiencing
Open Space”'. ". Career Development International (ISSN: 1362-0436). 1996,
Volume 1, Number 4. University of Brighton.

Leith, Martin. "Organizational change and large group interventions". Career
Development International (ISSN: 1362-0436). 1996, Volume 1, Number 4.
University of Brighton.
http://ninetta.emeraldinsight.com/vl=4354379/cl=85/nw=1/rpsv/~1142/v1n4/s3/p

Lightfoot, Elizabeth, Pappas, Vicki, Chait, Jeffrey. “Setting Off Right:
using open space technology to enable citizens to set the agenda for state
disability planning”. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. V14 il. Summer
2003.

Rao, Srikumar. April 1994. “Welcome to Open Space”. Training Magazine.
Minneapolis. Lakewood Publication.

Weber, Susanne.  “Open Space and Organization. A discussion of dilemmas and
the transition to polyvalent space”.  OD Practitioner (Journal of the
Organization Development Network). In Preparation. 2004

                          . “Participative planning in German-speaking
countries: A survey of applications and spread”. German Politics and
Society, University of California, Berkeley. In Preparation. 2004.

                          . “Spread And Employment Of Large Group
Interventions In German-Speaking Countries”. Zeitschrift für
Organisationsentwicklung (Journal of Organisation Development), 2/2003, p.
58-59

   . Designing Networking As A Process With Large Group Interventions. In:
Zeitschrift für Organisationsentwicklung (Journal of Organization
Development), 2/2002, p. 60-73 

   . Power To The People!? Self-Organization, Systemic Learning And Strategy
Development In Large Groups. In: Sozialwissenschaftliche Literaturrundschau
(Social Sciences Literature Overview),             2/2000, p. 63-89. 2000

Weber, Susanne & Freitag, Matthias. “Open Space as a Tool Of The
Organizational Development Of Knowledge”. In: Wehner, Theo / Dick, Michael
(ed.) - Knowledge Management - Psychological Perspectives and Redefinitions.
Special Issue of Wirtschaftspsychologie (Economic Psychology), 2/2003 

                            & Kolenaty, Erich: Open Space and organization.
>From dilemmas to integration in polyvalent space. In: Zeitschrift für
Organisationsentwicklung (Journal of Organization Development), 2/2003, p.
48-57

Here are some dissertations

Biver, Nancie: An Approach to Community-University Partnerships: Discoveries
on the Road to America's Promise by
http://www.nationalservice.org/research/fellows_reports/2000/biver.pdf 

Dixon, Elaine. “Open Space Technology: A Large-Group Approach to
Whole-System Change”. Master’s Thesis. Univerity of Calgary. 1999

Legault, Marie. “Bringing people together: A study of generational diversity
and organizational culture”, Master’s Thesis. Royal Roads University, BC,
Canada. April 2002

Norris, Richard. “A Grounded Theory Study On The Value Associated With Using
Open Space Technology". Webster University. Merritt Island, Fla. May 2000.
http://www.openspaceworld.org/tmnfiles/OSTResearch2000.htm 

Olsen, Linda. “Open Space Technology and Self-Organization: A Case Study”.
Master’s Thesis. School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University.
1996

Walker Daniel, Marlene. An Ethnographic Study of an Open Space Technology
Meeting: Self-Organization at Work. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation.
University of Maryland. 1994.

From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Justin T.
Sampson
Sent: November-19-09 12:56 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Wikipedia and Open Space...the beginning of something
bigger?

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

The truly interesting thing is that the academic literature (along with
academia) has virtually ignored Open Space. To the best of my knowledge
there has never been a peer reviewed article published anywhere. There have
been several dissertations, but that is all. Question: How could the
academic world ignore a 25 year old, 100,000 iteration, 136 country
phenomenon? Go figure! Personally I don't care, and if anything I would
consider it their loss. But this fact does not make providing the sort of
independent sources Wikipedia wants a possible thing. In fact there have
been major stories in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of
London, etc,etc.  -- which perhaps could be used if somebody cared to do so.
A search of the archives of the Times and the Post will produce those
articles.

"Finished" dissertations are actually considered "reliable sources"
according to Wikipedia: "Finished PhD dissertations, which are publicly
available, are considered publications by scholars and are routinely cited
in footnotes. They have been vetted by the scholarly community; most are
available via interlibrary loan. UMI has published 2 million dissertations
since 1940. Dissertations in progress are not vetted and are not considered
to be published. They do not count as a Reliable Source."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS#Scholarship)

Cheers,

Justin

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