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Doing action research in your own organization/ David Coghlan and Teresa Brannick.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London: Sage, 2014.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxi, 206 p. : illISBN:
  • 9781446272572 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 Q493
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Contents:
PART 1 FOUNDATIONS -- 1 Introducting Action Research -- 2 Knowing in Action -- 3 Understanding Action Reserch -- PART II IMPLEMENTATION -- 4 Constructing and Selecting Your Insider Project -- 5 Designing and Implementing your Action Research Project -- 6 Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research -- 7 Using Framework to Study Organizations in Action -- PART III ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN RESEARCHING YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION -- 8 Researching your Own Organization -- 9 Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access -- 10 Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics -- 11 Writing up your Insider Action Research Work -- 12 In Conclusion.
Summary: This text provides a primer on action research, and how to use it to understand organizations. The author's unique resource addresses the potential pitfalls, the politics and ethics of researching your own organization.
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Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and indexes.

PART 1 FOUNDATIONS -- 1 Introducting Action Research -- 2 Knowing in Action -- 3 Understanding Action Reserch -- PART II IMPLEMENTATION -- 4 Constructing and Selecting Your Insider Project -- 5 Designing and Implementing your Action Research Project -- 6 Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research -- 7 Using Framework to Study Organizations in Action -- PART III ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN RESEARCHING YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION -- 8 Researching your Own Organization -- 9 Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access -- 10 Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics -- 11 Writing up your Insider Action Research Work -- 12 In Conclusion.

This text provides a primer on action research, and how to use it to understand organizations. The author's unique resource addresses the potential pitfalls, the politics and ethics of researching your own organization.

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