CHANGE LABORATORY: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

Authors

  • Marco Antonio Pereira Querol Universidade de Helsinki, Helsinki
  • José Marçal Jackson Filho Fundação Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho - FUNDACENTRO – Rio de Janeiro/RJ.
  • Marcio Pascoal Cassandre Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Econômicas de Apucarana – Apucarana/PR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2011.v12n4.143

Keywords:

Change Laboratory, Activity Theory, Organizational Learning, Interventionist Methodologies

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present an interventionist methodology called Change Laboratory ® (in Portuguese, Laboratório de Mudança). This methodology was developed in Finland in the 1990s, and is based on an Activity Theoretical approach originated in Russia. After the description of the main techniques and methods, a summary of applications of this methodology will be presented in order to characterize some of the features of the research studies and interventions conducted in different activities and countries. The LM has been applied in several countries, both in the public and the private sector, in research studies at schools, hospitals, agriculture, media and telecommunications, among other productive activities. This methodology may be used as a meta-tool for supporting practitioners in analysing and developing their activities from a cultural and historical perspective. In this perspective, crisis, dilemmas and conflicts are not understood only in relation to the behavior of individuals and resources available, but rather in relation to all elements of an activity system.

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Author Biographies

Marco Antonio Pereira Querol, Universidade de Helsinki, Helsinki

Doutor em Educação de Adultos pela Universidade de Helsinki
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Inovações, sustentabilidade e aprendizagem organizacional.

José Marçal Jackson Filho, Fundação Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho - FUNDACENTRO – Rio de Janeiro/RJ.

Doutor em Ergonomia pela CNAM/Paris
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Saúde e segurança do trabalhador, Análise Ergonômica do Trabalho, políticas públicas e Ação pública.

Marcio Pascoal Cassandre, Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Econômicas de Apucarana – Apucarana/PR

Doutorando em Administração pela Universidade Positivo
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Pesquisa em Administração e Administração de Recursos Humanos.

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Published

2011-12-31

How to Cite

Querol, M. A. P., Jackson Filho, J. M., & Cassandre, M. P. (2011). CHANGE LABORATORY: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 12(4), 609–640. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2011.v12n4.143

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2011): Outubro-Dezembro

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