Positive Design and Appreciative Construction

by Danielle Zandee, Michel Avital, David L. Cooperrider, et al.

This volume is focused on sustainable value which has become a widespread aspiration in all walks of life. By taking a generative approach and by building on positive design principles inherent in the appreciative inquiry methodology, it proposes moving from sustainable development to sustainable value. Chapters focus on three thematic areas for sustainable value: positive design, appreciative intelligence and social innovation, and social entrepreneurship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857243691
• ISBN13: 9780857243690
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"