Narrative-Based Practice

"The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. In this important new book, Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organisations. He illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence, and highlights the importance of narrative by drawing on insights from fields as disparate as pedagogy, anthropology, knowledge management and management practice. This book is not only essential reading for scholars and students of librarianship and information science but for other professionals currently widely using evidence-based practice such as those in health, social policy and general management."--Jacket

The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. He illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence, and highlights the importance of narrative by drawing on insights from fields as disparate as pedagogy, anthropology, knowledge management and management practice. This book is essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using evidence-based practice, such as information management, health, social policy, librarianship and general management.

Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 1 Evidence-based Practice......Page 14 2 Theorectical Background......Page 30 3 The Nature of Narrative......Page 46 4 Learning......Page 64 5 Knowledge and Knowledge Management......Page 80 6 Narrative in Virtual Worlds......Page 100 7 Narrative in Organisations......Page 116 8 Narrative-based Practice......Page 144 Appendix 1 Telling the Story......Page 162 Appendix 2 The History of the Future: Storytelling in Team Building and Forward Planning......Page 164 Appendix 3 'I, the Customer': Using Storytelling to Reach Understanding of Customer Experiences......Page 170 Bibliography......Page 174 Index......Page 192 In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. This book will be essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using evidence-based practice, such as information management, health, social policy, librarianship and general management Evidence-based practice Theoretical background The nature of narrative Learning Knowledge and knowledge management Narrative in virtual worlds Narrative in organizations Narrative-based practice.