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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization David Coghlan

Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization By David Coghlan

Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization by David Coghlan


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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization - Second Edition is an essential starting point for any student or researcher about to embark on an action research project in the fields of organization studies, health studies and education studies.

Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization Summary

Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization by David Coghlan

`A complete and well rounded approach to the subject' - Action Learning: Research and Practice

`This book, like the first edition, is indispensable reading for students however; the second edition will also be ably support established academics who may be seeking an entry-point for action research in their own organizations' - Ontario Action Research Network

Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization - Second Edition is an essential starting point for any student or researcher about to embark on an action research project in the fields of organization studies, health studies and education studies.

David Coghlan and Teresa Brannick offer an easy-to-follow, hands-on guide to every aspect of conducting an action research project in your own organization. Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization is the perfect book for doctoral/Ph.D., MA or MBA students seeking a research topic based around their own work experiences.

Revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition contains:

- No-nonsense guidance to the basics of doing action research projects

- Detailed coverage of both theory and methods in action research

- Up-to-date discussions of action learning and the role of the researcher

- A focus on the politics and ethics of action research

- Help for students and researchers in a wide range of different types of organization

- Exercises and help with writing-up your research

This book is essential reading for students and established academics alike seeking an entry-point to conducting research in their own organizations.

About David Coghlan

David Coghlan is Professor Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus at the Trinity Business School. University of Dublin, of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He specializes in organization development and action research and is active in both communities internationally. He has published over 160 articles and book chapters. His bestselling book, Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (SAGE) has been through five editions, the most recent being published in April 2019. He is co-editor of the SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014). Recent co-authored books include Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning (Edward Elgar, 2011) and Organizational Change and Strategy (2nd ed. Routledge, 2016). He is currently on the editorial boards of: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Action Research, Action Learning: Research and Practice, Systemic Practice and Action Research, The OD Practitioner among others. Teresa Brannick (1950-2012) was a lecturer in the business research programme at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Her undergraduate degree was in mathematics, her masters in sociology and her Ph.D. in marketing research. She had been a practising researcher for over thirty years and had published over thirty research papers in such diverse fields as epidemiology, public policy, industrial relations and marketing. She was the editor-in-chief of Irish Journal of Management and a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Management. She was co-editor of Business Research Methods: Theories, Techniques and Sources (Oak Tree Press: Dublin, 1997).

Table of Contents

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Understanding Action Research Enacting the Action Research Cycle Learning in Action PART TWO: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN RESEARCHING YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION Researching Your Own Organization Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access Managing Organizational Politics and Ethics Framing and Selecting Your Project PART THREE: IMPLEMENTATION Implementing Your Action Research Project Interlevel Dynamics in Action Research Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action Writing Your Action Research Dissertation

Additional information

GOR002772958
9781412902472
1412902479
Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization by David Coghlan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
2004-11-11
176
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