Action Research in Practice
A Beginner's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-4094-4091-8 (ISBN)
Description
Action research is developing into the technique of choice for individuals developing strategy in organizations in areas where emergent ideas and new paradigms are important; change management, sustainability, social responsibility. Gill Coleman's Action Research in Practice is designed as an accessible and practical introduction to action research thinking and practice for managers and post-graduate students. The book aims, on the one hand, to offer a practical how-to for those starting out on an action research project and, on the other, to act as a thoughtful conduit to the ideas and research that lie at the heart of this important learning and development methodology to give readers a sense of what lies behind their activities. The structure and writing style will appeal to managers and professional students who have otherwise struggled with the academic tone of much of the existing literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4094-4091-8 (9781409440918)
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Person
Gill Coleman is Director of the Ashridge Centre for Action Research and Co-Director of the MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility. Her interests are in participative approaches to personal and organisational learning and change, particularly as they relate to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. She has substantial experience in teaching and supervising action research theory and practice, and has been part of several formal action research projects, in both academic and organisational settings. Before joining Ashridge in 2009, Gill worked for 10 years with the Centre for Action Research and Professional Practice at the University of Bath, where she was one of the founders of the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice. Prior to that she was the Director of the New Academy of Business, a radical business education venture sponsored by Anita Roddick of The Body Shop, and taught at Bristol University's School of Advanced Urban Studies.
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