{"id":8604,"date":"2018-07-26T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T10:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=8604"},"modified":"2018-07-26T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T10:54:39","slug":"shrek-saunders-and-the-onion-myth-using-myths-metaphors-and-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/07\/26\/shrek-saunders-and-the-onion-myth-using-myths-metaphors-and-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrek, Saunders and the Onion Myth: Using Myths, Metaphors and Storytelling."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title of our paper Presented at the: – European Conference of Research Methods (ECRM) – Rome 2018.<\/p>\n

Susanne Clarke has recently returned from the ECRM Conference in Rome after submitting a conference paper in partnership with Dr Lois Farquharson. The wider team also included our brilliant Student Research Assistant, Nancy Sheppard and a colleague from the University of Winchester, Dr Tammi Sinha.<\/p>\n

Our working paper outlined our research method focused on Appreciative Action Research and the role that\u00a0narrative has in embedding successful organisational change. The overall aim of our research is to develop a new model for leading organisational change specifically designed for Higher Education.\u00a0 Our research suggests that existing management models to support organisational change are not easily adaptable for Higher Education.\u00a0 We are not quite there yet but the research is shaping up nicely, largely due to the support Nancy (Nan) is giving us.\u00a0 We are so proud and fortunate to be part of an organisation that supports student and staff co-creation in this way through\u00a0 the Student Research Assistantship scheme.<\/p>\n

The trip and the conference was hugely successful and great connections were made with colleagues from across the globe, a surprising number of whom who have similar research interests. One familiar face was The <\/em>Mark Saunders who was a great sport and didn\u2019t seem to mind his\u00a0part in our title.<\/p>\n

When we presented our paper the audience were supportive and provided lots of incredibly helpful feedback. One common factor was the pace of organisational change and the need to embed a culture of continuous improvement to meet the opportunities coming our way.<\/p>\n

We did ask our audience\u00a0one of our research questions which we have previously used in \u2018World Caf\u00e9 Events\u2019 both locally and during a ‘Higher Education Transformation Network event’ hosted by Kings College London.\u00a0\u00a0 The question is the one we most enjoy asking: – \u201cOn a good day working in higher education, what is happening<\/em>?\u2019 We get a range of responses as well as understandable concerns that Appreciative Inquiry \u2013 learning from what works ignores problems.<\/p>\n

This will be a good topic for my next blog as it is a common concern that I feel ready to tackle.<\/p>\n

The conference was hosted by Roma Tre University, together with the ECRM team they did a great job in welcoming us all and running an inspiring agenda. If you want to know more about the conference do get in touch.<\/p>\n

ECRM Future and Past \u2022 Academic Conferences and Publishing International<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to know more about our research get in touch too!<\/p>\n

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Susanne Clarke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title of our paper Presented at the: – European Conference of Research Methods (ECRM) – Rome 2018. Susanne Clarke has recently returned from the ECRM Conference in Rome after submitting a conference paper in partnership with Dr Lois Farquharson. The wider team also included our brilliant Student Research Assistant, Nancy Sheppard and a colleague from… Read more » about Shrek, Saunders and the Onion Myth: Using Myths, Metaphors and Storytelling.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,383,498,818,5,326,14,130,146,537,773],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-8604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-methods","category-creative-methods-research","category-creativity","category-leadership","category-news","category-research","category-seeking-advice","category-seeking-help","category-service-excellence","category-student","category-writing","tag-service-excellence"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8607,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions\/8607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}