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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization
About this book
Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories, issues, and approaches to insider action research.
With an encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for anyone conducting action research in their own organization. Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps readers devise an appropriate research design that anticipates possible challenges and fits within the limits of their environments.
A complete do-it-yourself toolkit for every step of the action research process, this edition is outfitted with:
- Real-world student and professional case studies
- Author video tips
- Annotated templates
- Progress checklists
- Journal articles, weblinks, and other further reading.
To the point without losing clarity or thoroughness, this book is the hands-on manual for all the need-to-know facts about understanding and undertaking insider action research.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Online Resources
- I Foundations
- One Introducing Action Research
- Two Researching Your Own Organization
- Three Knowing-in-Action
- Four Understanding Action Research
- II Issues And Challenges In Researching Your Own Organization
- Five Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access
- Six Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics
- III Implementation
- Seven Constructing and Selecting Your Insider Action Research Project
- Eight Designing and Implementing Your Action Research Project
- Nine Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
- Ten Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research
- Eleven Writing Up Your Insider Action Research Work
- Twelve In Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index