How a Small Family Run Business Adopted Critical Reflection Action Learning Using Hand Drawn Images to Initiate Organisational Change

Autor/in	Shepherd, Gary
Titel	How a Small Family Run Business Adopted Critical Reflection Action Learning Using Hand Drawn Images to Initiate Organisational Change
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 13 (2016) 1, S.69-78 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
DOI	10.1080/14767333.2015.1130348
Schlagwörter	Small Businesses; Family (Sociological Unit); Active Learning; Reflection; Organizational Change; Family Work Relationship; Freehand Drawing; Imagery; Visual Aids; Problems; Group Dynamics; Family Characteristics; Power Structure; Observation; Figurative Language; Professional Autonomy; Facilitators (Individuals); Change Agents; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kleingewerbe; Familie; Aktives Lernen; Organisationswandel; Drawing; Zeichnen; Metaphorik; Anschauungsmaterial; Problemsituation; Gruppendynamik; Beobachtung; Berufsfreiheit; Ausland
Abstract	In this account of practice I would like to share my experiences of facilitating a Critical Reflection Action Learning (CRAL) set with a small family run business, struggling to make change and expand their services due to the problems they encountered in separating their business lives from their family lives. The account I present here is based on a 12-session project I carried out with the organisation using a CRAL methodology as part of my Doctoral studies at the University of Hull Business School (Shepherd 2011). In this particular Action Learning project participants were invited to create hand drawn images which acted as representations of the problems they faced as a business. The images were used by set members in reflective conversations on the problems they were having. Each set member cycled through a process of drawing an image and reflecting upon its meaning using individual, group and critical reflection. The whole process enabled set members to gain new insights into their problems and provided them with the opportunity to devise new, more effective ways of tackling their problems and understanding the power dynamics underpinning them. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01