Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

Clear and engaging, this updated and enhanced edition is essential reading for anyone interested in insider action research. It provides a comprehensive guide to the processes and challenges of action research, as well as helpful reflective exercises and recommended resources. I would highly recommend to students, novice researchers and academic supervisors of all disciplines.

-- Jane Jervis

This seminal text about insider action research will guide and inspire readers through content, exercises and compelling practical examples. David writes with high integrity as he personifies how to be attentive, humble and responsible when inquiring with people into the organizational dynamics they want to change.

-- Danielle Zandee

Grounded in research and thoughtful reflection, David Coghlan’s fifth edition of Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization offers an accessible new structure, and conceptual illustrations provide highly useful guidance that is well-tailored to the student’s own learning journey.

-- Birgit Helene Jevnaker

The book is life-changing for me as a management practitioner and academic researcher.  It has led me to acquire the habit of reflection and consequently, depth in my analysis and practice. No other book could have guided me in this manner.

-- Cristine Margaret R. Atienza
A book that recognises and values the way people engaging in insider action research put their ‘heart and soul’ into the endeavour. It
speaks to the heart, whilst also providing insights into how best to use ‘our heads and hands’ as insider action researchers. -- Edel Roddy * Action Learning: Research and Practice, Routledge *
Theory and practice of action research. Good guideline for students to get back to when doing their action research. -- Dr Danielle Vlaanderen * drupal *
This book helped me to design my research module and provide practical examples of action research. I really like the way the author structure the information in the book. -- Dr Evgenia Theodotou * drupal *
As part of the programme EMBA students undertake a change project that entails making a ′change′ in their organisation and analysing results. We formulate the project as Action Research, hence the book is much to the point and used to support their methodology. -- Dr Zane Varpina * drupal *
This is the most comprehensive book on action learning in organisations and sound resource for students to understand how to embed action learning processes in their practice. -- Hedy Bryant * drupal *
Mature and professional MBA students require to look at and explore their organisations with some sort of anthropological and ethnographic eyes. This book provides a simple, but not simplistic, approach to understanding and applying the value of action research in knowledge creation based on personal practice and experience. It is an excellent guide in discovering and using effectively action research in making sense of the work place and supporting internal change agents. -- Mr Antonio Sama * drupal *
It is helpful for apprentices -- Mrs Carole Tatham * drupal *
Excellent text for those undertaking research in their own organisation. Also, information related to research in general is very beneficial and worded clearly. -- Mrs Sian Pitson * drupal *
This book is needed for advanced modules in research -- Ms Kathleen Rooney * drupal *
Good book with good guidance and exercise; Provides good advice on action research. -- Ms Wilma Garvin * drup