Clear, pragmatic and thought-provoking Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization 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 contextualise action research as an approach Explore the challenges of doing action research in your own organization Provide guidance on how to design and implement your insider action research project Show how to lead change in your own organization Demonstrate how your own learning develops through the project Provide helpful tips on how to disseminate your work The book and its supporting 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 INDICE: PART ONE: FOUNDATIONSIntroducing Action Research Inquiring in your own organization A brief introduction to action research Three audiences/voices/practices Enacting action research cycles The action research cycles Pre-step: context and purpose Main steps Meta-learning Quality and rigour in action research Conclusions Recommended readings Exercise 1.1: Enacting the action research cyclesKnowing in Action Knowing and learning General empirical method Authenticity Action science, collaborative developmental inquiry as first person practice Developing fist person skills through journaling Second-person skills Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 2.1 First person learning in action Exercise 2.2 Keeping a journal Exercise 2.3 Developing inquiry skillsUnderstanding Action Research Action Research as practical knowing The foundations of action research The philosophy of action research Interiority Modalities of action research Organization development through action research Conclusions Recommended readingPART TWO: IMPLEMENTATIONConstructing and Selecting Your Project Constructing the action research project Selecting the research project Writing an insider action research proposal Developing the action research Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 4.1 Questions for framing and selecting Exercise 4.2 Writing a thesis proposalDesigning and Implementing Your Action Research Project The process of planned change Planned change through action research Learning mechanisms Data generation as intervention The role of technology How do you know when to stop? Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 5.1 The process of implementation Exercise 5. 2 Reflection for praxisInterlevel Dynamics in Action Research Interlevel dynamics of change Interlevel dynamics of strategy Levels of analysis in action research Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 6.1 Applying interlevel dynamics Exercise 6.2 Change issues Exercise 6.3 The learning windowUsing Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action Organizational diagnosis Systems thinking and practice Systems thinking and action research Change and learning Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 7.1 Diagnosing Your Organization Exercise 7.2 Using Systems ThinkingPART THREE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN RESEARCHING YOUR OWN ORGANIZATIONResearching Your Own Organization Focus of the researcher and system Quadrant 1 Quadrant 2 Quadrant 3 Quadrant 4 Action Research at Home Conclusions Recommended reading Exercise 8.1 Assessing your research focusPre-Understanding, Role Duality and Access Preunderstanding Role duality: Organizational and researcher roles Access Conclusions Recommended readingManaging Ethics and Organizational Politics Ethics Insider action research and ethics Politics The politics of researching your own organization Managing political relationships Integrating roles, politics and ethics Integrative case Conclusion Recommended reading Exercise 10.1 Assessing ethics and politics Exercise 10.2 Force field analysisWriting up Your Insider Action Research Work An action research dissertation Constructing and writing a dissertation Dissemination Publishing Conclusions Recommended readingIn Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-1-4462-7257-2
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 11/03/2014
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