Action research in organisations / / Jean McNiff ; accompanied by Jack Whitehead

• Record Nr.: UNISA996197696503316
• Autore: McNiff Jean
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-60056-9; 1-134-60057-7; 1-280-40206-7; 0-203-18464-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development
• Altri autori (Persone): WhiteheadJack
• Disciplina: 302.3/5; 302.35; 658
• Soggetti: Action research; Organizational learning; Management; Business & Economics; Management Styles & Communication
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; The contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A book of evolutions; New theories of discourse; The second cognitive revolution; Management learning; Accounting for my own learning; Why am I writing this book, and why are you reading it?; Prologue: contextualising the study; What is the nature of organisational knowledge?; Learning organisations and the responsibility of managers; Learning organisations as good societies; Journeyman SAMUS LILLIS; Action research, power and control; Collaboration for co-liberation: a story of intentional intervention PIP BRUCE FERGUSONHow is organisational knowledge acquired?; Doing research; Empirical research; Rehabilitating sexual offenders in religious communities PAUL MURPHY; Interpretive research; Critical theoretic research; Action research; How is organisational knowledge put to use?; Action research in organisations; New theories of ; organisation; What are the implications of living theories of organisation for social living?; What should be the focus of management education?; My epistemology of practice of the superintendency JACQUELINE DELONGHow one school is fulfilling the vision of Peter Senge's 'learning organisation' CARMEL LILLIS; Epilogue: reconciliations; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The current orthodoxy is that 'knowledge' is the most powerful resource for organisational success. So how can managers develop the appropriate knowledge base to make their organisations grow? The answer lies in action research. Action research is increasingly perceived and used as a powerful methodology to promote professional awareness and development. However, there are very few texts that demonstrate how this can be utilised to promote management and organisational improvement or that emphasise the reflective nature of improving professionalism. Action Research in Organisations fi