The Transformative Power of Dialogue

How can we make dialog actionable and effective in organizational practice? How can dialog inform decision making in a particular problem domain or community of interest when multiple people, groups, and organizations are involved? This book answers these questions. Dialog has a long lineage but a r...

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Main Author:
Roberts, Nancy C
Other Authors:
Roberts, Nancy Charlotte
Format:
Electronic eBook
Language:
English
Published:
[Place of publication not identified] Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2002
Summary:
How can we make dialog actionable and effective in organizational practice? How can dialog inform decision making in a particular problem domain or community of interest when multiple people, groups, and organizations are involved? This book answers these questions. Dialog has a long lineage but a relatively recent research tradition. The goal of this volume is to elevate dialog onto the research agenda by addressing such questions as: how can we make dialog actionable and effective in organizational practice? How can dialog inform decision making in a particular problem domain or community of interest when multiple people, groups, and organizations are involved? How can dialog be utilized to build more vibrant, democratic communities? To what extent can the Internet and new information technology support the dialogical process? How can we describe the relational field that dialog creates and build a theory of social communication and information processing that explains the organization and dynamics of dialog, and its implications for psychosocial function? The volume addresses these questions in four sections: the foundations, perspectives, practice and theory of dialog. By design, the contributors draw from wide-ranging philosophical and disciplinary traditions: anthropology, communication, information, management, neuro-psychology, organization theory, philosophy, psychology, political science, public policy, quantum physics, and sociology. As dialog attempts to break down the barriers among people, the authors defend a more robust understanding of dialog that requires scholars and practitioners to move beyond the confines of one academic tradition and to study it in a more comprehensive and integrated way. The disciplinary reach of this title should attract scholars and practitioners interested in the general area of dialog and communication, as well as related topics such as collaboration, public engagement, citizen participation, deliberative democracy, stakeholder relations, networks, inter organizational relationships, and community building.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages).
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Subjects:
Political planning.
Policy sciences.
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