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P Olry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • acting as a Change Agent in supporting sustainable agriculture how to cope with new professional situations
    The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
    Co-Authors: Marianne Cerf, M N Guillot, P Olry
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACT How do Change Agents deal with the diversity of farmers' attitudes towards the future of agriculture? How do they themselves cope with Change and understand their role as Change Agents? We chose a comprehensive, action-training approach to answer such questions and worked with Agents belonging to two different extension networks. The Agents acknowledged their historically built professional models and discussed their professional situations in relation to the need to develop new skills and to address new audiences. Some dimensions of these situations were pointed out as crucial in the Change process: (1) the Agent's position among farmers and those who act to Change farming practices at local level; (2) the tension between the Agent's engagement in promoting more environmentally-friendly practices, and the role that managers and farmers assign to the Agent; and (3) the way of combining scientific and technical knowledge with farmers' own knowledge. Our work also highlighted the diversity of the a...

Charles N. Kahn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Elaine R. Winston - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Knowledge-based management support: an application to the IS Change Agent role problem
    Expert Systems with Applications, 2003
    Co-Authors: Meral Binbasioglu, Elaine R. Winston
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper explores how the Change Agent role problem can be detected and alleviated with the help of a knowledge-based support tool. The mismatch between MIS specialist Change Agent role style and IS environment is a complex problem to solve. The problem results when the MIS specialist's role outlines responsibilities that cannot possibly manage the Change and related uncertainty surrounding an IS initiative. MIS specialists are classified by Change Agent roles that reflect varying types of responsibility for social and technological Change. Evaluation of IS environment constructs provide the MIS specialist with a formal way to compare the different IS Change Agent roles to moderate IS uncertainty, thereby increasing the likelihood of IS success. The relevant IS Change Agentry relationships are identified from a literature review. Results from a multiple case study were used to develop and validate a conceptual model of the IS Change Agentry application domain. Based on this model, a suitable knowledge representation scheme is developed that provides a high level structure to the IS Change Agent role application domain and also guides the reasoning process. The proposed approach supports the interpretation of domain relationships applicable when choosing among Change Agent roles. Therefore, it could be used by IS specialists proactively to facilitate the analysis of complex domain facts prior to committing resources to a Change Agent role. The approach is illustrated with case data. Managerial implications of the study are discussed.

  • IS consultants and the Change Agent role
    ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel, 1999
    Co-Authors: Elaine R. Winston
    Abstract:

    Markus and Benjamin (1996) proposed a Change Agentry model that identifies three Change Agent roles for the information system (IS) specialist: the traditional, the facilitator, and the advocator. This study explores these roles for IS consultants who are engaged as independent contractors by small businesses. Presented here is a field study of twenty-five cases to test these three roles. In general, the results of the study suggest that IS consultants' view themselves as Change Agents and can identify a role that they prefer to follow. Key relationships emerged between the Change Agent role selected by an IS consultant for an engagement and the quality of the IS implementation. A main finding indicates that the advocator role model is most effective when resistance to Change is encountered. The study concludes with suggestions to help IS consultants improve their effectiveness as Change Agents, such as acquiring the broader type of skills to adopt an advocator role and attaining the flexibility to follow different Change Agent roles.

Marianne Cerf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • acting as a Change Agent in supporting sustainable agriculture how to cope with new professional situations
    The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
    Co-Authors: Marianne Cerf, M N Guillot, P Olry
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACT How do Change Agents deal with the diversity of farmers' attitudes towards the future of agriculture? How do they themselves cope with Change and understand their role as Change Agents? We chose a comprehensive, action-training approach to answer such questions and worked with Agents belonging to two different extension networks. The Agents acknowledged their historically built professional models and discussed their professional situations in relation to the need to develop new skills and to address new audiences. Some dimensions of these situations were pointed out as crucial in the Change process: (1) the Agent's position among farmers and those who act to Change farming practices at local level; (2) the tension between the Agent's engagement in promoting more environmentally-friendly practices, and the role that managers and farmers assign to the Agent; and (3) the way of combining scientific and technical knowledge with farmers' own knowledge. Our work also highlighted the diversity of the a...

Jed D Gonzalo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • developing a professional identity as a Change Agent early in medical school the students voice
    Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019
    Co-Authors: Catherine Mcdermott, Kaitlyn Shank, Caleb Shervinskie, Jed D Gonzalo
    Abstract:

    As health systems are adapting to increased accountability for quality outcomes, population health, and collaborative care, medical schools are adapting curricula to better prepare physicians to function in health systems. Two components of this educational transformation are (1) increasing physician competence in Health Systems Science, including quality, population health, social determinants of health, and interprofessional collaboration, and (2) providing roles for students to act as Change Agents while adding value to the health system. The authors, three medical students who served as patient navigators during their first year of medical school, provide perspectives regarding their clinical systems learning roles, which spanned the levels of individual patients, clinic operations, and the health system. Specifically, authors describe working with a struggling patient, developing an intake assessment tool to aid clinical operations, and creating a directory of community-based resources. Authors discuss educational benefits, including understanding social determinants of health, barriers to care, and inefficiencies within the healthcare system. Several challenges are explored, including the importance of student initiative and concerns about traditional curricular outcomes. Through early experiences, students describe developing a professional identity as a Change Agent, while also learning key competencies required for clinical practice.