Skillful Engagement with Wicked Issues A Framework for Analysing the Meaning-making Structures of Societal Change Agents.
The argument underlying this article is that innovative and skillful change strategies are needed in order to handle a range of complex and difficult societal issues. For many of these so-called wicked issues, conventional institutions and policies have performed rather poorly. It can be reasonably...
| Published in: | Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary & Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research, & Praxis Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 47 - 92 |
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Oct2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=83004490&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 83004490 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15533069 781Z jtl: Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary & Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research, & Praxis issn: 15533069 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2011 vid: 7 iid: 2 pid: 47364 pub: ARINA, Inc. artinfo: ui: 83004490 ppf: 47 ppct: 45 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 175KB tig: atl: Skillful Engagement with Wicked Issues A Framework for Analysing the Meaning-making Structures of Societal Change Agents. aug: au: Jordan, Thomas affil: Associate professor at the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden su: Technological innovations Military strategy Stakeholders Perspective (Philosophy) Problem-solving therapy sug: subj: Technological innovations Military strategy Stakeholders Perspective (Philosophy) Problem-solving therapy keyword: Context awareness perspective awareness scaffolding self-awareness societal change agents societal entrepreneurship stakeholder awareness task complexity awareness wicked issues ab: The argument underlying this article is that innovative and skillful change strategies are needed in order to handle a range of complex and difficult societal issues. For many of these so-called wicked issues, conventional institutions and policies have performed rather poorly. It can be reasonably argued that societal change agents play a crucial role in catalysing developmental processes regarding our societies' problemsolving strategies and organizational forms. The purpose of this article is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the different ways societal change agents engage wicked issues by developing a conceptual framework for analysing the meaning-making patterns of change agents. The framework integrates relevant concepts and models from the field of adult development with a specific focus on the role of awareness in five domains: task complexity, context, stakeholders, self, and perspectives. The framework is expected to be useful in analysing and explaining the variability in how societal change agents construct visions, goals, strategies, and courses of action, as well as in analysing patterns of effectiveness and success in initiatives that engage complex societal issues. Knowledge gained from such studies can (presumably) be used for designing more effective forms of scaffolding individual competence development as well as collective problem-solving and strategy development processes. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary & Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research, & Praxis is the property of ARINA, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary & Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research, & Praxis holder: ARINA, Inc. dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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