Arguing for Design Thinking Interventions as a Form of Artistic Interventions

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Ulla Johansson Sköldberg ◽  
Jill Woodilla
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Artistic Interventions ◽  
Innovation And Change ◽  
Empirical Material

Drawing on data from two projects where artists used their artistic competence as organizational change facilitators, we argue for a theoretical coupling of the discourse(s) of design thinking to research streams within art-and-management. The artistic dimension of design, the practice perspective and the artistic process should be considered if we are to understand the full potential of design thinking for companies. This paper describes two artistic intervention projects that highlight valuable ways artists can contribute to organizational innovation and change.  We begin with the theoretical frame of reference and a short methodological statement, followed by the empirical material.  In the analysis section we point to ways in which such interventions are similar to ones led by designers when we consider the designer’s process as individualized and contextualized.  Finally, we draw conclusions.

Money talks – A qualitative analysis of the organizational change connected with the corporation formation of a voluntary sport club / Money talks – Eine qualitative Analyse des organisationalen Wandels und der Korporationsbildung in einem freiwilligen Sportverein

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Fahlén ◽  
Cecilia Stenling ◽  
Ludvig Vestin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Sport Club ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Qualitative Analyse ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Different Parts

SummaryThe purpose of this study was to illustrate and analyze the organizational change the Swedish voluntary sports club IF Björklöven went through in connection with the corporation formation of its representative team. The study was made with institutional theory as a theoretical frame of reference. Particularly important for the shaping of the study was a theoretical model by Greenwood and Hinings (1996). The data was collected using semi-structured interviews with seven respondents representing different parts of the organization. The results show that the change process was driven and enabled for the most part by the offer of SEK 22.5 million from an external financier. The restructuring has brought about a change in the way Björklöven thinks about the outcome, purpose, structure and goals of the organization, now that the organization is moving towards a more market-oriented way of organizing.

Formal Education Systems as Arenas of Inclusion and Exclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Annika Rabo
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Curriculum Theory ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Plural Societies ◽  
Empirical Material

This chapter focuses on formal education in Lebanon and Syria to discuss inclusion and exclusion in plural societies. Both countries are linguistically, religiously, and ethnically heterogeneous but manage this diversity in very different ways in the educational systems. Empirical material used stretches from the 1980s until today. Curriculum theory provides a theoretical frame of reference for an analysis of school subjects such as civics, religious education and history. What is included and what is excluded is an indicator of values propagated by the educational authorities.

scholarly journals Processes and organizational innovation for small businesses

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (62) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
Joaquim Jose Carvalho Proença ◽  
Fernando Jiménez Sáez
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
User Innovation ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
End User ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
A Company ◽  
Innovation Processes

Dynamic capabilities to innovate can be acquired regardless of the size of a company, but this requires that users participating in innovation processes be identified (value proposition segments) and the way organizations interact with these users be understood (processes). Small businesses can innovate with fewer financial and human resources using Customer Discovery, environment scanning, immersion, customer journey mapping, Customer Validation with validation of ideas and solutions in dynamic group sessions, Gamification, Design Thinking and prototyping workshops. The methodology used herein is that of literature review in the areas of process, products and dynamic capabilities innovation of companies. The objective of this research is to explore innovative processes that take into account and involve greater user collaboration that small businesses can exploit, which are targeted at the end user. Innovation does not have to be uncertain or expensive and can be developed through organizational innovation and innovation of collaborative processes with users.

Success Talk: Narrative Accounts of Organizational Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 002188632110584
Author(s):  
Julie Wolfram Cox
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Procedural Fairness ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
Collective Leadership ◽  
Joint Construction ◽  
Perceived Success

Based on evidence from narrative accounts of organizational change, the potential of dialogic approaches that privilege joint construction of both change challenges and interventions appears very promising. This evidence also demystifies the notion of “well-planned” change, may further strengthen moves away from n-step programmatic approaches to change intervention, reminds readers of the importance of procedural fairness, and invites further research in terms of collective leadership. Where retrospective stories through which participants distinguished perceived success and failure provide the data for analysis, it is important that findings are understood within a narrative rather than an objective frame of reference.

scholarly journals Possible cognitive processes underlying competency assessment

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Boshoff ◽  
R. Van Wyk ◽  
C. L. Bester
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Cognitive Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Theories ◽  
Cognitive Choice ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Social Cognitive Theories

Indications are that research on competency assessment lacks a theoretical frame of reference. An attempt is made to explore cognitive processes taking place during assessment explaining the large percentage of rater variance. The principles of five different cognitive theories are discussed in the search for possible explanations namely: cognitive choice-, cognitive evaluation-, social cognitive theories, metacognitive- and the new paradigm approaches.

Migration as a Catalyst of Serbia’s Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjana Rašević
Keyword(s):  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
The Other ◽  
Transition Model ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
National Studies ◽  
The One ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Qualitative Consideration

This article examines the link between Serbia’s demographic and socioeconomic momentum on the one hand, and the migration phenomenon on the other. This is done both to determine the restrictions for development and to identify the potential scope for using migration as a catalyst of Serbia’s development as an emigration country. The revised push and pull model by Fassmann and Musil (2013) and the migration transition model (from emigration to immigration countries), developed by Fassmann and Reeger (2012) have been chosen as the article’s theoretical frame of reference. The emphasis in the article is on qualitative consideration of these topics, but one that is based on various types of records. To that end, the author has used statistics and the findings of various national studies conducted in the recent years.

Intersections in Design Thinking and Art Thinking: Towards Interdisciplinary Innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Design Pedagogy ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
Tolerance Of Ambiguity ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

AbstractAs the problem-solving methodology of design thinking has gained legitimacy in business and educational environments, this article suggests we also think about incorporating “art thinking” into approaches in design pedagogy. To study what skills and techniques can be useful in other disciplines, we can first review the stages of the creative process which are centered around preparation, incubation, ideation, illumination, and evaluation. Within those stages, we can tease out specific elements unique to the artistic process that can be particularly useful, including mindsets of emotional engagement, intuition, and tolerance of ambiguity as well as cognitive strategies such as the use of metacognition, resource banks, generators and constraints, prolonged research, problem-creation, conversation with the work, closure delay, and reflection and thematic coherence. Emphasizing these elements and strategies in design pedagogy can expand possibilities for creativity and innovation.

Beyond the Opposition: Civic Nation versus Ethnic Nation

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 219-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Schnapper
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
The State ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
The Political ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
The Common ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Ethnic Nation

The political and scientific debate surrounding the concepts of nation, ethnicity, and nationalism is so deeply loaded with values and passions that it should be the sociologist's highest priority to define those terms as precisely as possible in order to distinguish a new debate from the common discourse and to subject the definitions to scrutiny. It is often acknowledged that a clarification of the terms used in the debates of ethnicity, the State, the nation and nationalism is necessary, but such work is rarely done. It is important to make a distinction between the term ‘nation’ and other terms with which it is often confused — and differently in the different nations — and to clear up the ambiguities that affect the political, ideological, and scientific discourse. In the common discourse and even in the scientific literature, such terms as ‘ethnic’ and ‘national’ are often used indifferently, and the ‘nation’ is subject to contradictory criticisms as it is sometimes understood as referring to the ‘nation’ and sometimes to the ‘ethnic group.’ There is always a connection between the concepts used by a given author and that author's theoretical frame of reference.

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