Combining Narrative and Structured Approaches to Conducting a Workshop: Evaluation of an Intellectual Capital Framework for Defence
Abstract
In January 2005, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) staff contributed to a workshop exploring the utility and validity of an intellectual capital framework for Defence, developed by the Office of the Chief Information Officer. In particular DSTO staff provided guidance and support to the workshop process. A narrative approach (utilising narrative circles or storytelling, designed to facilitate rapid and in depth sense making) was used to complement a more traditional structured workshop approach (utilising discussions and debates around a structured agenda and question set). The resultant hybrid workshop methodology substantively contributed to the workshop outcomes and was effective in engaging all participants in the process. It is the authors' view that this would have been much more difficult to achieve in a timely fashion using either a narrative workshop or a traditional structured workshop approach alone. This paper provides an overview of the development of the hybrid methodology and discusses the workshop methodology in practice.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA452300
Entities
People
- Justin Fidock
- Rebecca Heyer
- Sean Bergin
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Group