Expanding the Application of Appreciative Inquiry Based on Its Principles of Human Systems

Authors

Vatusha Howard, Amridge UniversityFollow

Abstract

This review serves to examine The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change by Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten - Bloom (2010). It will introduce the topic of Appreciative Inquiry, giving supporting information from the book, and discuss its adaptability. The authors discuss Appreciative Inquiry as a positive approach to change, introduces the 4D cycle associated with it, and uses it to explain how Appreciative Inquiry is carried out in many capacities at the organizational level. Furthermore, this review includes a look into the basic premise of Appreciative Inquiry and how this premise alone affords this Appreciative Inquiry process to be used outside of the business and organizational realm, particularly with families and individuals.

Keywords

Appreciative Inquiry, Human Systems, Change, Positive, Family

Publication Date

4-29-2013

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1529

Recommended APA Citation

Howard, V. (2013). Expanding the Application of Appreciative Inquiry Based on Its Principles of Human Systems. The Qualitative Report, 18(17), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1529