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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Mar
Pages: 11
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ProHealth or HealthCore: Teaching Students about Reality Creation in Organizational Life
Management Teaching Review, v5 n1 p59-69 Mar 2020
This exercise introduces students to reality creation processes in organizational life (e.g., self-fulfilling prophecy, Pygmalion effects, etc.) as a theoretical perspective that must be understood to design transformational organizational change. By comparing the differential effects of conventional and appreciative questions, the experience also exposes students to their biases of reality creation. It illustrates how questions can be used to invite a shift from a conventional to an appreciative or positive narrative of reality. Students may also explore how inquiry may be used to inspire change in organizations.
Descriptors: College Instruction, Class Activities, Organizational Change, Bias, Questioning Techniques, Inquiry, Language Usage
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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