Accentuating the Positive: Developing a qualitative research framework linking complexity theory and appreciative inquiry
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Gould, Ryan
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2009
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This article offers an interpretation of Complexity Theory that has been useful in applied qualitative research. Its purpose is to offer organisational researchers and professionals the opportunity to engage with a Complexity toolkit for solving organisational problems. By highlighting a mutually informative relationship existing between a Complexity paradigm and Appreciative Inquiry, this paper highlights strategies conducive to dynamic and emergent conversation streams that lead to participant driven research outcomes. Techniques discussed here include coherent conversations, participant observation, and attractor/fractal ...
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View more >This article offers an interpretation of Complexity Theory that has been useful in applied qualitative research. Its purpose is to offer organisational researchers and professionals the opportunity to engage with a Complexity toolkit for solving organisational problems. By highlighting a mutually informative relationship existing between a Complexity paradigm and Appreciative Inquiry, this paper highlights strategies conducive to dynamic and emergent conversation streams that lead to participant driven research outcomes. Techniques discussed here include coherent conversations, participant observation, and attractor/fractal narrative analysis.
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23rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference
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Business and Management