Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization
2nd Edition
Published on 16. November 2004
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-4129-0246-5 (ISBN)
Description
`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.
`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.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-0246-5 (9781412902465)
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Persons
David Coghlan is a Professor Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is author of over 250 articles and book chapters. Recent books include: Collaborative Inquiry in Organization Development and Change (with A.B. Shani, Edward Elgar, 2021), Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (5th ed. Sage 2019); Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students (with A.B. Shani, Sage 2018), Inside Organizations (Sage, 2016) and he is co-editor of The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014) and the 4 volume set, Action Research in Business and Management (A.B. Shani, Sage, 2016). He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several journals.
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).
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).
Content
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
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