http://hdl.handle.net/10453/328 2013-05-24T18:29:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10677 Household behavior change for climate change response: an integral scan Riedy Christopher The question of how to successfully facilitate the changes needed to avoid dangerous climate change has become a critical one for researchers and practitioners. In this article, I use Integral Theory to guide a scan of one important element of climate change responseâ¿¿household behavior change. The Integral scan is the first step in a long-term research project to develop an integral approach to household behavior change. It comprises an initial exploration of the perspectives needed to design behavior change strategies and suggests areas that will require further research as a more comprehensive map of initiatives emerges. I sketch out the process and principles of an Integral approach to household behavior change and identify the need for further research on engaging multiple intelligences in behavior change initiatives, and on designing translative and transformative approaches 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10671 Working outside the comfort of competence in a corrections centre: toward collective competence Hager Paul; Johnsson Mary Qualitative case study of the collective learning of staff working in a corrections centre under conditions of rapid organisational change. Conceptualises the notion of collective competence that is emergent and relationally constructed. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10670 'If i should fall from grace...': Stories of Change and Organizational Ethics Rhodes Carl; Pullen Alison; Clegg Stewart Although studies in organizational storytelling have dealt extensively with the relationship between narrative, power and organizational change, little attention has been paid to the implications of this for ethics within organizations. This article addresses this by presenting an analysis of narrative and ethics as it relates to the practice of organizational downsizing. Drawing on Paul Ricoeur¿s theories of narrative and ethics, we analyze stories of organizational change reported by employees and managers in an organization that had undergone persistent downsizing. Our analysis maintains that the presence of a dominant story that seeks to legitimate organizational change also serves to normalize it, and that this, in turn, diminishes the capacity for organizations to scrutinize the ethics of their actions. We argue that when organizational change narratives become singularized through dominant forms of emplotment, ethical deliberation and responsibility in organizations are diminished. More generally, we contend that the narrative closure achieved by the presence of a dominant narrative amongst employees undergoing organizational change is antithetical to the openness required for ethical questioning. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10665 Learning and metaphors Hager Paul All thought and talk about learning involves the use of metaphors. Whilst metaphors aid our understanding of things by suggesting novel insights, they can also mislead if too much is read into the supposed likenesses. Acquisition and transfer are easily 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z