"知识整体理论"的基本假设及理论贡献——基于知识与管理的认识论视角

知识整体理论的提出是管理史上一次适宜的突破,一次承前启后、继往开来的革新.该理论从知识着手切入对管理问题的解释力,本质上是把管理建立在知识的基础之上.从表面上看,知识整体理论的基本假设是要纠正西方知识管理问题上的根本缺陷,实际上却是以知识问题为进路来实现现代管理认识论的范式转换并重建起知识管理的整体论框架.该理论的时代贡献除了恢复管理中人获得自身解放的崇高地位,引发管理的价值转向之外,还在清理前人研究的基础上,借用批判地反思提出了"三元"知识管理.本文基于知识与管理的认识论视角,尝试性地从基本框架、理论特色、应用价值和时代影响四个方面对知识整体理论的基本假设及理论贡献予以分析.     

Using Arts Activism and Poetry to Catalyze Human Rights Engagement and Reflection

Human rights are fundamental to our global social work profession, and teaching methods must be developed that truly engage students in taking a human rights approach to their work. This paper presents the process of engaging students in arts activism as a strategy for teaching about human rights in social work, and also discusses the catalyzing power of arts activism and poetry therapy to deepen student reflection on human rights. Students' responses to their involvement with One Million Bones—a global arts activism effort to prevent and remediate mass violence—are presented with commentary and interpretation. In this preliminary study, results indicate that arts activism and poetry therapy can work together to promote reflective engagement with human rights.     

Using a Book Group to Facilitate Student Learning About Social Work

The focus of this short paper is the increasingly popular format of the book group. This format has been used on an undergraduate social work programme in the UK with the aim of engaging students, as some enjoy reading fiction for pleasure but find it harder to read social science. The BA Social Work Book Group has met regularly to discuss non-social science books, such as novels and autobiographies. A specific example is presented of a best-selling novel with significant social work content (J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy) and the book group's discussion of this. The strengths and limitations of book groups in social work education are drawn out.