Putting social science to work : the ground between theory and use explored through case studies in organisations
In this book, first published in 1991, Lisl Klein and Ken Eason look at the various issues involved when attempts are made to make use of the theories, methods and findings of the social sciences in practical affairs. They consider how human and social considerations may be successfully integrated w...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press ,
1991
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Issues of content : the use of knowledge and the dynamics of action
- 3. A framework for diagnosis
- 4. A practice profession
- 5. The research program
- 6. Cases in organizational structure and policy
- 7. Cases in technical systems development
- 8. Cases in behavioral change/problem-solving for specific groups
- 9. Cases in behavioral change/development for management
- 10. The content and process of social science utilization
- 11. What supports and hinders social science utilization
- 12. Five practitioners
- 13. The work of the Commission for economic and social change in Germany
- 14. A collaborative venture
- 15. Elements of practice