Putting Social Science to Work : The Ground Between Theory and Use Explored Through Case Studies in Organisations (Paperback)

List of figures; Preface: why bother?; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Issues in Social Science Utilisation: 2. Issues of content: the use of knowledge and the dynamics of action; 3. A framework for diagnosis; 4. A practical profession; Part II. An Empirical Study of Social Science Utilisation: 5. The research programme; 6. Cases in organisational structure and policy; 7. Cases in technical systems development; 8. Cases in behavioural change/problem-solving for specific groups; 9. Cases in behavioural change/development for management; 10. The content and process of social science utilisation; 11. What supports and hinders social science utilisation; 12. Five practitioners; 13. The work of the Commission for Economic and Social Change in Germany; Part III. Discussion: 14. A collaborative venture; 15. Elements of practice; References; Index.