Part of the series, "Dialogues on Work and Innovation", which presents empirically based studies as well as theoretical discussions on the practice of organizational renewal. This volume covers topics such as development and the social sciences.

1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. 1. Development and the Social Sciences: An uneasy relationship (by Gustavsen, Bjorn); 4. 2. Workplace Development and Research: Two examples (by Eriksson, Kjell); 5. 3. Creating Reflective Dialogue (by Putnam, Robert W.); 6. 4. Workplace development, Gender and Communicative Competence (by Ekman Philips, Marianne); 7. 5. Strategic Management from the Bottom Up: The start of a process of managerial, organizational and institutional change (by Roobeek, Annemieke J.M.); 8. 6. Action Research and Regional Development (by Fricke, Werner); 9. 7. The Development Organization as Communicative Instumentation: Experiences from the Karlstad program (by Engelstad, Per H.); 10. 8. Searching for a Program in National Participation: An action research experiment in Turkey (by Baburoglu, Oguz N.); 11. 9. 'This is Not the Whole Story...': On the demand for scientific reports of action research (by Palshaugen, Oyvind); 12. 10. Pragmatizing Communicative Reason (by McCarthy, Thomas); 13. 11. Reflections on the Epigenetics Significance of Action Research (by Beinum, Hans van); 14. 12. Concluding Methodological Reflections: Elitism and democracy among the sciences (by Toulmin, Stephen); 15. About the Authors; 16. Index