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  • 1.  Appreciative inquiry case or exercise

    Posted 02-25-2014 17:44

    Dear colleagues,

     

    I'm teaching an undergraduate class on change management, and I would like to find a case or an experiential exercise that showcases the appreciative inquiry approach to leading change. Any recommendations will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

     

    Yongmei Liu



  • 2.  Appreciative inquiry case or exercise

    Posted 02-26-2014 15:16
    Hello, Yongmei!

    You might want to check on the Appreciative Inquiry Commons, as there are quite a few cases out there.  See http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/.

    Alternatively, you could write to the Appreciative Inquiry list serve and ask there.  Here's that address:  ailist@lists.business.utah.edu


    Good luck finding something appropriate for your work!

    Julie
    Julie Smendzuik-O'Brien    , MPA, MA, CMQ/OE
    Ph.D. Student, Fielding Graduate University
    St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    "Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains."  [Author unknown]


    On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Liu, Yongmei <yliu2@ilstu.edu> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    I’m teaching an undergraduate class on change management, and I would like to find a case or an experiential exercise that showcases the appreciative inquiry approach to leading change. Any recommendations will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

     

    Yongmei Liu




  • 3.  Appreciative inquiry case or exercise

    Posted 02-26-2014 16:10

    Yongmei,

     

    See the following:

     

    Conklin, T. A. (2009). Creating classrooms of preference: An exercise in appreciative inquiry. Journal of Management Education, 33, 772-792.

    (http://jme.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/6/772).

     

    I did an adapted version on the first day of my course (Consultation and Facilitation Skills) and it worked very well.

     

    (If you can share your final list of resources with the list, that would be much appreciated. Thanks!)

     

    Best,

     

    Bernardo Ferdman

     

    Bernardo M. Ferdman, Ph.D. <bferdman@alliant.edu>

    Professor, Organizational Psychology Programs

    California School of Professional Psychology

    Alliant International University (http://www.alliant.edu)

    10455 Pomerado Rd., San Diego, CA 92131-1799, USA

    Tel. +1 858 635-4408; Fax +1 858 635-4455

    Webpages: <http://bernardoferdman.org> <http://practiceofinclusion.com>

    New book: Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (Jossey Bass/Wiley)

    "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."  -Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Inclusion means everyone's voice matters. -B. Ferdman

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Julie Smendzuik-O'Brien
    Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:16 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Appreciative inquiry case or exercise

     

    Hello, Yongmei!

    You might want to check on the Appreciative Inquiry Commons, as there are quite a few cases out there.  See http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/.

    Alternatively, you could write to the Appreciative Inquiry list serve and ask there.  Here's that address:  ailist@lists.business.utah.edu

    Good luck finding something appropriate for your work!


    Julie
    Julie Smendzuik-O'Brien, MPA, MA, CMQ/OE
    Ph.D. Student, Fielding Graduate University
    St. Paul, Minnesota, USA


    "Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains."  [Author unknown]

     

    On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Liu, Yongmei <yliu2@ilstu.edu> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    I'm teaching an undergraduate class on change management, and I would like to find a case or an experiential exercise that showcases the appreciative inquiry approach to leading change. Any recommendations will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

     

    Yongmei Liu