Beyond Theory
Changing organizations through participation
Published on 22. July 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
233 pages
978-90-272-1772-1 (ISBN)
Description
Action Research is one of the most practical and down-to-earth ways of doing research into working life. Beyond Theory draws on examples and actual cases to discuss action research within the framework of the modern, and postmodern, theory of science debate. While action research has been much criticized by the traditionalists, the book reflects a convergence between action research and positions emerging out of the critique of scientific traditionalism. Discussions between these two fields of knowledge, originally so very different, can enrich both. The book will be useful not only to researchers and academics but to anyone who is interested in the role and use of knowledge in social and organizational development.
Reviews / Votes
[...], this book is making an important contribution in arguing strongly that the core of action research is the development of democratic dialogue. -- Peter Reason (University of Bath, UK)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1772-1 (9789027217721)
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07/1996
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. 1. Development and the Social Sciences: An uneasy relationship (by Gustavsen, Bjorn); 4. 2. Workplace Development and Research: Two examples (by Eriksson, Kjell); 5. 3. Creating Reflective Dialogue (by Putnam, Robert W.); 6. 4. Workplace development, Gender and Communicative Competence (by Ekman Philips, Marianne); 7. 5. Strategic Management from the Bottom Up: The start of a process of managerial, organizational and institutional change (by Roobeek, Annemieke J.M.); 8. 6. Action Research and Regional Development (by Fricke, Werner); 9. 7. The Development Organization as Communicative Instumentation: Experiences from the Karlstad program (by Engelstad, Per H.); 10. 8. Searching for a Program in National Participation: An action research experiment in Turkey (by Baburoglu, Oguz N.); 11. 9. 'This is Not the Whole Story...': On the demand for scientific reports of action research (by Palshaugen, Oyvind); 12. 10. Pragmatizing Communicative Reason (by McCarthy, Thomas); 13. 11. Reflections on the Epigenetics Significance of Action Research (by Beinum, Hans van); 14. 12. Concluding Methodological Reflections: Elitism and democracy among the sciences (by Toulmin, Stephen); 15. About the Authors; 16. Index