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Informationen zum Autor Mary Kane, MSLIS, is President of Concept Systems, Inc., a social research and evaluation firm specializing in capturing the knowledge and opinions of people and agencies to improve organizations, cultures and environments. Ms. Kane assesses and addresses the needs of local, national and international agencies, guiding government offices, foundations, professional associations, corporations and academic and research institutions to awareness, consensus and decisions. A special emphasis in Mary’s work is creating awareness of “group wisdom” in a community or organization, and guiding groups to harness collective knowledge to produce meaningful, measurable and useful outcomes for program, policy and population change. Ms. Kane is author or co-author of many publications on the applications of Group Concept Mapping (GCM) in organizational decision-making and strategic planning and evaluation. Her current research focuses on “Valuing Voice” in underrepresented communities to support sustainable change; and expanding the definition of competencies for evaluation. As first author of the authoritative text on concept mapping, Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation, Mary was able to use her deep knowledge in partnership with Dr. Rosas to create, in this volume, an exciting expansion of GCM’s story Klappentext Conversations About Group Concept Mapping: Applications, Examples, and Enhancements takes a concise, practice-based approach to group concept mapping. After defining the method, demonstrating how to design a project, and providing guidelines to analyze the results, this book then dives into real research exemplars. Conversations with the researchers are based on in depth interviews that connected method, practice and results.The conversations are from a wide variety of research settings, that include mapping the needs of at-risk African American youth, creating dialogue within a local business community, considering learning needs in the 21st century, and identifying the best ways to support teens receiving Supplemental Social Security Income. The authors reflect on the commonalities between the cases and draw out insights into the overall group concept mapping method from each case. Zusammenfassung Conversations About Group Concept Mapping: Applications, Examples, & Enhancements takes a concise, practice-based approach to concept mapping. After defining the method, demonstrating how to design a project, and providing guidelines to analyse the results, the book then dives into real research exemplars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Acknowledgments About the Authors SECTION I Chapter 1. Simple Rules for Constructing Group Knowledge: The What and How of GCM By the Book: The Textbook Definition of GCM A "Group Wisdom" Definition GCM's Simple Rules: The Participant as Knowledge Holder How GCM is Used Where GCM is Used Chapter 2. GCM in Action: Capturing Knowledge, Valuing Participation GCM's Simple Rules: What We Ask of the Participant The Researcher's Roles in GCM Designing and Conducting GCM: The Project Process Model Orientation to the Model: Roles in GCM The GCM Process: An Exemplar Idea Generation Data Development and Phase II Planning Organizing A Sample of a Sorting and Rating Chapter 3. GCM in Action: Analyzing for Results, Producing the Map Analysis Looking at the Maps Ratings Comparisons Interpretation Glossary: Commonly Used Terms in Group Concept Mapping SECTION II Chapter 4. Conversations on Group Concept Mapping With Guest Researchers: Introduction Chapter 5. A Conversation on Needs of At-Risk African American Youth in Chicago Design Decisions and Technical Innovations Chapter 6. A Conversation on Regional Economic Development and Cultural Entrepreneurship Design Decisions and Technic...
