Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization - Brossura

David Coghlan; Teresa Brannick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1446272575 ISBN 13: 9781446272572

Casa editrice: Sage Publications Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

The Fourth Edition of this best-selling book is packed full of practical, expert advice on how to navigate the murky waters of ethics, politics and management in your own organization. Multidisciplinary in its approach to action research, the book sets out a step-by-step template for researchers to follow and adapt.

Coghlan and Brannick:

• Introduce and contextualize action research as a method
• Provide guidance on how to design and implement your action research project
• Explore interlevel dynamics
• Discuss role duality and access
• Suggest effective ways to analyze your data
• Provide helpful tips on how to disseminate your findings.

The book and supporting companion website are the ideal resource for students, researchers and practitioners hoping to generate real change through their action research project and will be particularly relevant to those studying Business and Management, Nursing and Health, Education and Sociology.

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Informazioni sugli autori

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 bestselling book, Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (SAGE) has been through five editions, the most recent being published in April 2019. 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 (2^nd 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.

 

 

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).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1446272575
• ISBN 13: 9781446272572
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile