Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Not just research, but action.



Action research


1. Action research has emerged just after the end of the Second World War.
2. Action research is conducted to solve business problems.
3. The researchers actively intervene in the research context in order to try to achieve particular outcomes.
4. Researchers are normally focusing on wider context of the research.
5. In action research, the company under investigation has to be changed in some sense, either the company is implementing a new system or adopting a new workforce, research is set up to measure changes in this company.
6. Action research requires the researchers to actively involve in the research process.
7. Action research needs collaboration between the researcher and the company managers.
8. Consultation work, to certain extent, can be considered a type of action research in business.
9. Consultation work applies existing theories to solve practical problems, but does not add to the body of knowledge nor publish the findings.
10. Unlike consultation work, action research aims to contribute to the body of knowledge.
11. Action research applies existing theories to solve business problems, learn from the experiences, modify existing theories or build new theories and the findings were published in the academic journal.
12. Action research derive new knowledge from research and then to disseminate them in order to benefit others.
13. In action research, researcher collaborates with business managers from real setting.
14. In other research approaches, intervention by researcher is considered as a source of bias and can affect the validity of the research.
15. In order to get started, researcher has to find a company agrees to participate in the research. This is normally done through corporate network and personal connections. Or else, the researcher has to go through the university and to write an official letter to a prospect company.

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