The transformative power of dialogue

• Other Authors: Roberts, Nancy Charlotte
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : JAI, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in public policy analysis and management ; v. 12.
• Subjects: Interpersonal communication.; Communication > Philosophy.; Communication > Social aspects.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Communication Studies.; Organizational theory & behaviour.

Dialogue has a long lineage but a relatively recent research tradition. The goal of this volume is to elevate dialogue onto the research agenda by addressing such questions as: how can we make dialogue actionable and effective in organizational practice? How can dialogue inform decision making in a...

Table of Contents:

• Calls for dialogue / Nancy C. Roberts
• Dialogue and human cultural evolution / Bela H. Banathy
• Roots of dialogue / Stephen H. Linder
• Realizing transformative dialogue / Kenneth J. Gergen, Sheila McNamee, Frank J. Barrett
• The dialogic organization / Mary Jo Hatch, Sanford Ehrlich
• Community dialogue / Amy Helling, John Clayton Thomas
• Virtual dialogue and democratic community / Karen G. Evans
• Technologue : technology-supported disciplined dialogue / Alexander N. Christakis, Kenneth C. Bausch
• Creating a shared field of meaning : an action theory of dialogue / William N. Isaacs.