A contemporary stakeholder approach to participative change. After a brief grounding in pragmatic worldview, this course emphasizes an experiential approach. Through the use of articles, books, cases, video and live-interviews with senior action researchers, students will become familiar with a selection of contemporary approaches of action research, selecting one for a deeper application to enrich their own field projects.The student is successful in this course when they link their personal leadership development to their learning edge within their own field project. Students may expect to leave with a better understanding of herself (himself) as an agent of change, more awareness of the variety of action research practices, as well as more understanding and experience with a "participative learning" oriented approach to stakeholder engagement. Students may expect support with "just in time" peer coaching.