Researching the roles of internal-change agents in the management of organizational change

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There have been rapid changes in many organisations in both the private, public and voluntary sectors in the past few years and organisational change must bee seen as a continuous process. The work of internal change agents within local government is examined, through an action research project using action-research and action-learning techniques within a learning laboratory. It looked at the roles, perceptions and learning needs of such agents.

Practice, Management

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Management Research as a Design Science: Articulating the Research Products of Mode 2 Knowledge Production in Management

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Mode 2 knowledge production is applied to management research. Solution-oriented knowledge is identified as Management Theory; description-oriented knowledge is identified as Organization Theory. The potential for an interdisciplinary relationship between these two is discussed.

Operations Research, Methods, Comparative analysis, Knowledge management, Management research, Paradigms (Social sciences)

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