Assignment

Assignment Order Description In the article, ‘Methods and Tools, The Rich Picture: A Tool for Reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing About Work Context’ (Monk & Howard, 1998), the authors describe the concept of a rich picture and its benefits for identifyin" rel="nofollow">ing stakeholder biases and concerns. As a scholarly practitioner and researcher, you are encouraged to see yourself as part of the research problem and environment. For this Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Set, you will begin" rel="nofollow">in your DBA journey by examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing your own practice, organisation or particular environment and assessin" rel="nofollow">ing the issues that arise from it. Reflect on the process for creatin" rel="nofollow">ing the rich picture that was outlin" rel="nofollow">ined in" rel="nofollow">in this week’s media resource. Questions that encourage reflection are the key to significant, transformative learnin" rel="nofollow">ing. Reflection in" rel="nofollow">increases self-awareness which helps people relate to others more genuin" rel="nofollow">inely (Marquardt, 2005, pp.120). You have explored literature on action research, collaborative learnin" rel="nofollow">ing and reflexive thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing. As an action researcher, part of your role in" rel="nofollow">in this programme will be to question assumptions, biases and processes. Similarly, you will also be encouraged to accept questionin" rel="nofollow">ing of your own preferences, thoughts and biases from your colleagues. To engage your colleagues, answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions in" rel="nofollow">in response to this week’s Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Set Question, ‘Put yourself in" rel="nofollow">in the rich picture and discuss key issues and questions that you might consider for further exploration’. With these thoughts in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind: In an approximately 750-word response, address the followin" rel="nofollow">ing and post to your Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Set Consider the rich picture presented in" rel="nofollow">in this week’s media resource. Are there biases or concerns that you had not considered? • Use the Monk & Howard (1998) article as well as the ideas outlin" rel="nofollow">ined in" rel="nofollow">in this week’s media resource to develop a ‘rich picture’ of your practice location and associated issues. • Explain" rel="nofollow">in what the rich picture shows: o What is your professional practice? o Where is it located? o Who are the primary stakeholders, and what are their questions, concerns and biases? • Put yourself in" rel="nofollow">in the picture and discuss key issues and questions that you might consider for further exploration. Thin" rel="nofollow">ink about your environment and the issues you identified for your particular practice and then, contin" rel="nofollow">inue your dialogue with your Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Set by addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: • What assumptions am I or others makin" rel="nofollow">ing about my environment? How do these reflect a bias or my subjectivity? • What implications are there for my current practice? What are the consequences for not takin" rel="nofollow">ing action on this issue or issues? • What (about my environment or this issue) do I need to understand more about through research? • How will I review my fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from action and research? How will I review my learnin" rel="nofollow">ing? In workin" rel="nofollow">ing out your responses to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Set, you should choose examples from your own experience or fin" rel="nofollow">ind appropriate cases on the Web that you can discuss. Credit will be given for references you make to relevant examples from real companies.Also, remember to cite and reference examples from the readin" rel="nofollow">ings and journal articles for this week.