Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization - Rilegato

Coghlan, David; Brannick, Teresa

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0761968865 ISBN 13: 9780761968863

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Inc, 2000

Riassunto

This book is an excellent primer on action research and how to use it to understand organizations. Clearly structured in two parts, part 1 covers the foundations of action research, including the research skills needed to undertake research, while part 2 covers the implementation of an action research project. This book provides a unique resource for those undertaking action research in their own organization. It addresses the advantages and potential pitfalls, the politics and ethics, of researching your organization. The authors provide invaluable practical advice from framing and selecting your project, through to implementation and writing up action research. Each chapter has exercises and examples and summary boxes are used throughout.

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L'autore:

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 book, Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (SAGE) has been through four editions with a fifth one in progress. 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.

 

Contenuti:

Introduction
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Understanding Action Research
Enacting the Action Research Cycle
Learning in Action
Researching Your Own Organization
PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION
Managing Organizational Policies
Framing and Selecting Your Project
Implementing Your Action Research Project
Making Sense
Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
Writing an Action Research Dissertation

Su questa edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761968865
• ISBN 13: 9780761968863
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 152