Full Description
"Action Research in the Learning Organization" positions action research in relation to other qualitative approaches and provides readers with action research models to collect and analyze data. By focusing on generic principles these models are flexible and allow readers to be creative in their research design. "Action Research in the Learning Organization" clearly shows how action learning can drive organizational development, personal development and professional development.
Contents
Spheroid Model of Action Research Learning; The Core Components of Organizational Learning; Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning; Action Learning: Organization Discovery; Action Research: Organization Change; Action Research and Inducing Resistance To Change; The Collaborative Communication Partnership; Implementing Action Research; Managers as Action Researchers and Learners; Implications for Management Practice; Action Learning and Action Research in Virtual Organizations and eBusiness Communities; Organizational Realization: Wealth Creation; Reflections on Action Learning and Action Research; Creating a Learning Organization through Action Learning and Research.
