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Academic Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ODL-676 Social Methodologies for Transformational Change

4 semester credits


This course explores two participative and powerful methods for creating change in social systems - Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and World Café. Both approaches consciously engage large groups and systems in effective appreciative conversation for the purpose of large-scale systems transformation. Because appreciative conversation represents a major shift in how organizational development practitioners work with organizations, students will learn the theory and practice of these approaches, particularly as it relates to taking an intentional “stance” from which one engages the world.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):  

Students will be able to:

  • Apply the theoretical foundations and principles of AI and World Café.
  • Develop and apply an appreciative stance with respect to self and systems.
  • Identify a variety of ways to apply AI principles, including practice in identifying and forming AI topics and writing AI questions that create an image of the future that in turn generates collaborative energy for change.
  • Apply the seven design principles of World Café.



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