TOOLS & RESOURCES

Chapter 7 - Staying Alive to Change

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Exercises:

 Course Guide for Facilitators -
Foundations in Organisation Development          Download
An adaptable resource or guide for facilitators wishing to run structured development processes for practitioners who are not organisational specialists, but find themselves supporting the development of local organisations. The key purpose of the course is to understand what effective organisations are, how they work, change and can be supported in developing more effective approaches to their own development. This is the details of a  4 ½ day course that has already been successfully run several times and can be adapted and reworked for many different circumstances.

Facilitating World Cafe processes - download Cafe to Go!
 

Handouts:
 

Readings

Who asked you anyway? Some feedback on Feedback            Download
Feedback may say more about the relationship between the giver and the receiver than what has been observed or interpreted.  Sue describes some of the pitfalls associated with feedback and offers some suggestions

Evaluation – A Developmental Approach            Download
Evaluation done in a developmental way can unlock potential for learning and improved practice, yet we struggle to make evaluation the vehicle for positive change in development.  This article explores the elements that will enhance the role of evaluation in our work

Case Studies:

Four Case Study Methods for Learning        Download
Four different approaches to using case studies for practitioner learning.

 Making the learning organisation literal - CDRA’s homeweek            Download
CDRA’s homeweek has often evoked surprise and curiosity by practitioners and organisations alike.  This article unpacks the CDRA ‘homeweek’, as an illustration of our aspirations towards becoming a learning organisation
 
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