Biomedical Engineering Reference
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chapter fourteen
Reflective practices and the
development of individuals,
collectives and organizations
Vanina Mollo and Adelaide Nascimento
Contents
Reflective practice as a constructive practice ............................................. 207
Developing the potential for action of individuals .............................. 207
Developing the potential for action of collectives ................................ 208
Methods for supporting reflective activity ................................................. 209
Individual auto- confrontation ................................................................. 210
Allo- confrontation ..................................................................................... 210
Collective confrontation ............................................................................211
Cost-benefit analysis of the methods presented ...................................211
Examples of applications of methods to assist reflective practice .......... 212
Reflecting on practice based on filmed activities .................................. 213
A reflection on practices based on nonnominal situations ...................214
The golden rules of reflective practice ........................................................ 215
Focusing on the real aspects of work activity ....................................... 215
A regular and perennial collective ...........................................................216
The joint elaboration and evaluation of solutions ................................ 217
The involvement and commitment of the hierarchy ........................... 217
Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 218
References ........................................................................................................ 218
Current organizations, in becoming dynamic and immaterial, must be
capable of responding to the needs of the market through their ability for
adaptation, improvement and innovation (Devulder and Trey, 2003), and
not just through their productive ability. Although in the past, the stabil-
ity of work systems led to learning by repetition, and the development of
skills and knowledge, in both individuals and collectives it was a more
or less random outcome of work; today, being able to learn from singular
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