Notice bibliographique du personnel « Tools for assessing needs and impacts »
- Titre
- Tools for assessing needs and impacts
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Michalski, Stefan
- Lieu de publication
- London
- Date de publication
- 2015
- Collation
- S2-23-S2-31
- Série
- Studies in conservation; vol. 60; no. Supplement 2
- Titre de la source
- Conservation science: papers arising from the ICCROM FORUM on conservation science Rome, 16-18 October 2013
- Numéro de la source
- (2015)
- Résumé
- The results of the ICCROM Forum 2013 on Conservation Science working group on Tools for assessing needs and impacts is presented. It is used as a starting point for a fundamental study of tools in general, tangible and intangible. The phenomenon of scientists and their organizations becoming defined by their tools, and unable to change when the needs of those they serve change, was noted by Kaplan in 1964. Part of the mechanism is the human tendency to solve any disagreement between new facts (like client needs) and old beliefs (such as the importance of one's toolset) by twisting the facts rather than the beliefs. Collins' proposal of three kinds of tacit knowledge, with collective tacit knowledge as the most difficult to make explicit, can explain common problems of interpretation and communication of assessments, and guide strategies for reliable tools. Kaufmann's ideas on the structuring of needs assessment by levels, and the distinction between macro outputs and mega outcomes, is combined with Maslow's five basic human needs, as well as the three pillars of sustainability, to produce an overall map of where needs assessment tools operate, and where conservation science organizations fit into this structure.
- Keywords: Needs assessment, Tools, Tacit knowledge, Conservation science, ICCROM
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Conservation - Learning and education
- ISBN/ISSN
- 00393630
- Pays
- United Kingdom
- Type de document
- Conference Paper = Article de conférence
- Clé
- 2038
- Collection
- Staff Bibliography