ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors explain the critical objectives and activities associated with designing interventions in greater detail. An intervention objective is a statement about the development of an intervention or social technology aimed at solving a particular social system problem. The design objective refers to the tasks to be accomplished, comprising the intervention. For instance, Dumay’s intervention design objective was to create a strategic plan that would communicate a new marketing strategy to all a university’s stakeholders. Design specifications are the characteristics an intervention must have to solve the diagnosed problem, such as the training needed to use intervention or how compatible the intervention is with the current organisational processes. The authors describe the design of an intervention for a large, public university undertaken by them, Vicki Baard. They conclude with the case of an intervention in a university that followed the Interventionist Research Framework.
