Action science is a program of research and intervention examining how practitioners’ theories of action and defensive reasoning shape their conduct. It underpins double-loop learning and the ladder of inference, and its value is conceptual rather than psychometric.
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- FromSingle- and Double-Loop Learning (tool)
- Category of its source unitAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainOrganization & Structure
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Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.