Doing action research in your own organization
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Doing action research in your own organization
Sage Publications, 2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-130) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is an excellent primer on action research and how to use it to understand organizations.
Clearly structured in two parts, part 1 covers the foundations of action research, including the research skills needed to undertake research, while part 2 covers the implementation of an action research project.
This book provides a unique resource for those undertaking action research in their own organization. It addresses the advantages and potential pitfalls, the politics and ethics, of researching your organization.
The authors provide invaluable practical advice from framing and selecting your project, through to implementation and writing up action research. Each chapter has exercises and examples and summary boxes are used throughout.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Understanding Action Research
Enacting the Action Research Cycle
Learning in Action
Researching Your Own Organization
PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION
Managing Organizational Policies
Framing and Selecting Your Project
Implementing Your Action Research Project
Making Sense
Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
Writing an Action Research Dissertation
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