Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

by Dr Teresa Brannick (Author), ProfessorDavidCoghlan (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.77

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.28

  `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.