Doing action research in your own organization
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Doing action research in your own organization
Sage, c2019
5th ed
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories, issues, and approaches to insider action research.
With an encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for anyone conducting action research in their own organization. Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps readers devise an appropriate research design that anticipates possible challenges and fits within the limits of their environments.
A complete do-it-yourself toolkit for every step of the action research process, this edition is outfitted with:
Real-world student and professional case studies
Author video tips
Annotated templates
Progress checklists
Journal articles, weblinks, and other further reading.
To the point without losing clarity or thoroughness, this book is the hands-on manual for all the need-to-know facts about understanding and undertaking insider action research.
Table of Contents
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Introducing Action Research
Chapter 2: Researching Your Own Organizations
Chapter 3: Knowing in Action
Chapter 4: Understanding Action Research
Part II: Issues and Challenges in Researching Your own Organization
Chapter 5: Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access
Chapter 6: Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics
Part III: Implementation
Chapter 7: Constructing and Selecting Your Project
Chapter 8: Designing and Implementing Your Action Research Project
Chapter 9: Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
Chapter 10: Interlevel Dynamics in Action Research
Chapter 11: Writing Up Your Insider Action Research Work
Chapter 12: In Conclusion
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