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Studying tacit knowledge with psychodrama. Design of a qualitative research method
Studying tacit knowledge with psychodrama. Design of a qualitative research method
Play and playful methods are used frequently in coaching and in consultancy. This paper answers the question how to study the tacit knowledge of professionals when they use play as a method with their clients or client systems.According to Schön (1983) the practitioner creates in a learning process a virtual world to explore different actions and interventions. In this article it is described how psychodrama can be seen as a virtual world, in which an 'as if'-world can be created that professionals can use to express, verbalize and explore their 'embodied cognition' (Damasio, 2010) about feelings in communication with their clients. It is argued that psychodrama can be conceived of as a research method, that enables to obtain insights into the pre-reflective experiences or tacit knowledge of the interactions between the professional, the client and the play method. It is assumed that this research method could also be used in the study of gaining insight into experiential knowledge in the production of arts and in group dynamics.

PurposeTo address lessons that specify the impact and contribution of current scenario methods when focused on facilitating transition management processes.Design/methodology/approachComparative literature review based on transition management and scenario development.Research limitations/implicationsNeed of further systemic thought about the required criteria of transition scenarios and the embedding of scenario use in transition management processes.Practical implicationsProcesses of transition management are in need of transition specific scenarios.Originality/valueBecause transition management implies a complex and long‐term steering paradigm with which current scenario applications are not familiar, conclusions are drawn on the (changing) requirements of scenario development processes in transition management and on the need to innovate current scenario methods in the context of transition management.