[OSList] Know some great written material on Action Research + Facilitation ?

[Andrew Rixon]

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

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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>wrote:

> Hi, folks -
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> I am doing some writing about action research as it specifically applies
> to facilitation.
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> (and thank you Keith and Mike for a stimulating butterfly conversation
> about that at the WOSonOS. *Loved* it.).
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> 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.
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> This is done in some organizations, businesses and communities and for
> everything from health care to community services to education.
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> Above is my very simplistic way of describing it it but I'm guessing you
> know what I mean.
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> 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.
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> 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 lisaheft at openingspace.net
>
> Many thanks,
> Lisa
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