Original sentence: AAppreciative Inquiry was developed by David Cooperrider of Case Western Reserve University.Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a Organizational development process or philosophy that favours engaging individuals within an organisational system in its renewal, change and focused performance.Appreciative Inquiry is a particular way of asking questions and envisioning the future that fosters positive relationships and builds on the basic goodness in a person, a situation, or an organization.It can be enjoyable and natural to many managers, who are often sociable people.The approach acknowledges the contribution of individuals, in order to increase trust and organizational alignment.The method aims to create meaning by drawing from stories of concrete successes and lends itself to cross-industrial social activities
Edited sentence: A proven benefit of the approach is its reliance on the acknowledgement of contribution at the individual level, which leads to trust and organizational alignment.Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an organizational philosophy, as well as a practice.Appreciative Inquiry was developed by David Cooperrider of Case Western Reserve University.In Organizational development (OD), Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a process for engaging individuals across the system in renewal, change and focused performance.One might translate this to say that Appreciative Inquiry is a particular way of asking questions and envisioning the future that fosters positive relationships and builds on the basic goodness in a person, a situation, or an organization.Since the method creates meaning by drawing from stories of concrete successes and lends itself to cross-industrial social activities, it is enjoyable and natural to many managers, who are thought to be naturally social people focused on the bottom line.The Power of Appreciative Inquiry defines AI as "the study and exploration of what gives life to human systems, at their best" (Whitney and Trosten-Bloom, 2003)