AN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY APPROACH TO STRATEGIC PLANNING: A PROGRAM EVALUATION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICES AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE Jacqueline M. Gill Washington, EdD Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2011 Advisor: Joyce E.... read more →
David Cooperrider’s pioneering work on Appreciative Inquiry has already had a major impact in the business world, but I think it has the potential to become a guiding principle in mainstream business thinking – and could really change the way tomorrow’s business leaders and managers think about how to ask questions, think about new challenges, and communicate with their organizations. It is a revolutionary idea.