Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization
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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

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Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

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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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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2019
ISBN
9781526481696
Edition
5
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
Investigación y metodología de las ciencias sociales

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the Author
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Online Resources
  11. I Foundations
  12. One Introducing Action Research
  13. Two Researching Your Own Organization
  14. Three Knowing-in-Action
  15. Four Understanding Action Research
  16. II Issues And Challenges In Researching Your Own Organization
  17. Five Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access
  18. Six Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics
  19. III Implementation
  20. Seven Constructing and Selecting Your Insider Action Research Project
  21. Eight Designing and Implementing Your Action Research Project
  22. Nine Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
  23. Ten Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research
  24. Eleven Writing Up Your Insider Action Research Work
  25. Twelve In Conclusion
  26. Glossary
  27. References
  28. Author Index
  29. Subject Index