Synergic inquiry : a collaborative action methodology / editors, Yongming Tang, Charles Joiner.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0761912088
- 9780761912088
- 0761912096
- 9780761912095
- 303.69 22
- HM1086 .S86 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.
Introduction -- Overview of synergic inquiry -- The synergic universe -- Synergic inquiry, paradigms, and other methodologies -- Practicing synergic inquiry -- Geisha and cowboy : synergizing inner life differences through the mythic realm / Joanne Gozawa -- Husband and wife synergizing / Venus Bobis Jendresen and Eric Bobis -- Synergizing the mother-daughter relationship / Lien Cao -- Developing a community through synergic envisioning / Elisa Sabatini -- Using synergic inquiry to resolve a group conflict / Lien Cao -- Synergic inquiry in action : the expansion of racial consciousness / Carole Barlas ... [et al.] -- Gender synergy : using synergic inquiry to work with gender differences / Yongming Tang ... [et al.] -- Teaching synergic inquiry in a high school setting / Roma Hammel -- Synergizing cultural differences for improving organizational performance : a case study of synergic inquiry in China / Charles Joiner, Yongming Tang, and Yifu Yin -- Synergic inquiry and organizational transformation : a case study of synergic inquiry application to a U.S. organization working in Mexico / Charles Joiner, Susan Cannon, and Karen O'Neil -- Reflections and implications.
"?The publication of Synergic Inquiry is both timely and important. It is a refreshing attempt to forge behavioral theory and praxis to expand human capacities for problem-solving.?; --Tomoko Hamada, College of William & Mary; This book introduces synergic inquiry, which is a particular take on action research. Synergic inquiry is distinguished from other collaborative methodologies in its process orientation, which seeks first to differentiate and only then to integrate. This way, issues which are considered to be impediments to understanding cultural differences, examples of hierarchical thinking, etc. are treated as an organic part of the solution. In this text, the authors stress a strong theory/practice mix."--Publisher description.
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