Doing Action Research in Your Own OrganizationDoing Action Research in Your Own Organization is the essential resource for anyone embarking on a research project in their own organization or as part of a work placement programme whether in business, healthcare, government, education, social work or third sector organizations. The authors provide an easy-to-follow, hands-on guide to every aspect of conducting an action research project and have added in the Third Edition: - more on politics and ethics to help researchers negotiate gaining access and permission, and building and maintaining support from peers and relevant subsystems within an organization - more on writing an action research dissertation, and treatment of sensitive issues such as: giving feedback to one's superiors and peers, disseminating the research to the wider community, and handling interpretations or outcomes which may be perceived negatively by the organization involved. - more case examples and reflective exercises taken from a wide variety of organizational settings to aid students and researchers whatever their background discipline. |
Contents
1 Introducing Action Research | 3 |
2 Learning in Action | 18 |
3 Understanding Action Research | 35 |
Part II Implementation | 51 |
4 Framing and Selecting Your Insider Project | 53 |
5 Designing and Implementing Your Action Research Project | 64 |
6 Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research | 80 |
7 Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action | 92 |
9 Preunderstanding Role Duality and Access | 114 |
10 Managing Organizational Politics and Ethics | 126 |
11 Writing Your Insider Action Research Dissertation | 141 |
12 In Conclusion | 152 |
References | 156 |
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8 Researching Your Own Organization | 101 |
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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization David Coghlan,Teresa Brannick No preview available - 2009 |