Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization - Hardcover

Coghlan, David; Brannick, Teresa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761968865 ISBN 13: 9780761968863

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

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 a

About this title

About the Author:

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 (2nd 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.

 

Review:

'The suggested frameworks for thinking about how cycles of action research might fit within ongoing professional commitments and practice are properly general and thought provoking...The final chapters considering the impact of being an action researcher and discussing the management of organisational politics are extremely interesting' -
Learning and Teaching Update

[This new edition] provides a valuable foundation for new researchers in the field' -
International Journal of Action Research

'The third edition offers both perceptive advice and support for those considering undertaking action research in their own organization.'
Mark N. K Saunders
Action Learning: Research and Practice

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761968865
• ISBN 13: 9780761968863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152