Tensions between science and service in organizational scholarship

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An overview is presented on the emergence of organizational science, or a scientific approach to the phenomena of human life, and its application to academic learning. Topics include the roles of positivism and politics for extending scientific theory to social domains, and the challenges to this practice as orthodoxy gradually declined in importance.

Research, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Learning, Science, Philosophy of science, Organizational behavior, Learning and scholarship, Scholarship (Research)

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The values and legacy of the founders of NTL: an interview with Ken Benne

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Behavioral scientist Ken Benne recounts the emergence of valuing difference and its role in learning, and his participation in founding the National Training Laboratories. A professor at the Human Relations Center at Boston University during the 1960s, Benne relates how this theory was taught and how it applies to social and political contexts.

Interview, Learning, Psychology of, Learning theory (Psychology), Benne, Ken

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A biography of Rolf P. Lynton

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The contributions of social scientist Rolf P. Lynton are presented. These include the improvement of individual competencies and orientation, the enhancement of institution building, and the development of referent organizations.

Biography, Study and teaching, Social sciences, Lynton, Rolf P.

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