Research and Consultancy: Towards a Conceptual Synthesis

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Facet analysis is employed to identify and differentiate overlaps of organizational research and consultancy. Over sixty researchers from Great Britain participated in this study. Findings show certain similarities, and their importance to the overall success of a program. Common facets of the two areas are delineated through the use of qualitative data furnished by participants. Special attention is given to management of the links between investigators and subject workers. Research and consultancy are pictured at opposite ends of a continuum, and filled with pure researchers at one end and expert consultants at the other. Twelve facets, or concept compromises, as well as thirty elements are shown in tables. Empirical tests of questionnaire responses showed that middle continuum activities bore more relation to each other than those at either end of the spectrum. Facet analysis shows details of overlaps: high levels of interaction between parties, interpersonal rather than technical requirements, dirth of focus, trust needs, contingency methods humanistic or pragmatic value bases, and limited research and consultant power.

United Kingdom, Research, Analysis, Statistics, Statistics (Data), Participatory management, Questionnaires

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Knowledge levels and their transformation: towards the integration of knowledge creation and individual learning

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The author uses an endogenous approach to analyze individual learning and its relationship to knowledge creating behavior. Discussion includes tacit and explicit knowledge, knowledge levels defined in the context of their applications, and the dynamics of information processing.

Knowledge management, Learning, Human information processing

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Management, Theology and Moral Points of View: Towards an Alternative to the Conventional Materialist-Individualist Ideal-Type of Management

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The article contributes to the moral point-of-view discussion regarding management theory by presenting an Anabaptist-Mennonite position that offers a radical ideal approach. It is characterized by a focus on stakeholding, sustainability, job crafting, and servant leadership.

Public affairs, Ethics, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ethical aspects, Religious aspects, Mennonites, Professional ethics, Leadership styles, Anabaptists

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