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Main Title Appreciative inquiry : a mechanism for maximizing empower in social systems /
Author Campbell, Daniel E. ; Campbell, D. E. ; Galloway, W. B. ; Pesch, G. G.
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Galloway, Walter B.
Pesch, Gerald G.
CORP Author National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. Atlantic Ecology Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division,
Year Published 1998
Report Number NHEERL-NAR-2011 ;EPA/600/A-98/084;
Stock Number PB98-151277
OCLC Number 728024489
Subjects Appreciative inquiry ; Social sciences--Research ; Organizational change ; Organizational behavior ; Social Change
Additional Subjects Citizen participation ; Empowerment ; Communities ; Sociology ; Culture ; Feedback ; Efficiency ; Organizational structure ; Evolution(General) ; Statistical analysis ; Simulation ; Appreciative inquiry ; Social systems ; Social grups ; Heliotropic hypothesis ; Energy flow ; Energy system models
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Collation 9, [15] p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract Appreciative inquire explains social change by identifying mechanisms for collective action which establish a normative vision that guides the evolution of the social system or group. In its essence, this theory suggests that social systems evolve toward the highest ideals held by the social group.
Notes "PB98-151277." Caption title. Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9).
Contents Notes Appreciative inquiry explains social change by identifying mechanisms for collective action which establish a normative vision that guides the evolution of the social system of a group. In its essence this theory suggests that social systems evolve toward the highest ideals held by the social group. Systems that develop positive images of the other and heliotropic, or positive, reinforcement loops show how social change can be guided by affirmative images. Change in social systems must also follow success in competition during an evolutionary process which is guided by the Maximum Empower Principle. This principle states that system designs which maximize empower (emergy per unit time) production for the whole system are the ones that survive. Emergy normalizes the many kinds of energy flows in a hierarchical system to that they are expressed in equivalent units. We designed a simple experiment to determine if social systems with heliotropic loops generated more empower than systems without such interactions. We determined the empower production of six possible modes of interaction between two social groups competing for the same resource base by simulating six Energy System models, each representing a mode of social interaction. The cumulative empower produced by these models was compared to rank the interaction modes in order of their expected competitiveness in the evolutionary process. A path for the evolution of social systems where two groups compete for the same resources was proposed based on our simulation results. In general the three designs containing heliotropic loops generated more empower than the design with no social interaction and the two designs with negative social interactions.
Place Published Narragansett, RI
Supplementary Notes Also pub. as National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. Atlantic Ecology Div. rept. no. CONTRIB-2011. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Systems Sciences (42nd), Atlanta, GA., July 19-23, 1998.
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Corporate Au Added Ent United States. Environmental Protection Agency. National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory. Atlantic Ecology Division (Narragansett, RI).
PUB Date Free Form 1998
Category Codes 92C
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 100/00
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Control Number 821203620
OCLC Time Stamp 20110601155939
Language eng
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OCLC Rec Leader 02998nam 2200325Ka 45020