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Participative Action Research (PAR) is a collaborative process in which members of an organization work with researchers in a process of exploration and change. In contrast to traditional research processes, PAR employs a cyclical and iterative process of exploration, discovery, action to implement change and evaluation. This chapter reports on a participative action research project in the Department of Cardiology at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The Department worked with the Creative Organisational Systems (COS) Group at RMIT University in Melbourne between August 2006 to March 2008 to explore and improve the organizational culture of the Department.
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Long, S., Penny, D., Gold, S., Harding, W. (2010). A Shared Vision: Using Action Research for Work Culture Change in a Cardiology Department. In: Braithwaite, J., Hyde, P., Pope, C. (eds) Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations. Organizational Behaviour in Health Care. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274341_14
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