| Description |
247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Sage focus editions ; 123 |
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Sage focus editions ; 123
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| Contents |
Action research as method : reflections from a program for developing methods and competence / Jan Irgens Karlsen -- Participant observer research : an activist role / Robert E. Cole -- Participatory strategies in agricultural research and development / William Foote Whyte -- A joint venture in technology transfer to increase adoption rates / Ramiro Ortiz -- Participatory action research in Togo : an inquiry into maize storage systems / Richard Maclure and Michael Bassey -- The role of the social scientist in participatory action research / Sergio Ruano -- Social scientists in international agricultural research : ensuing relevance and contributing to the knowledge base / Douglas E. Horton -- Conclusions / William Foote Whyte |
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Participatory action research : through practice to science in social research / William Foote Whyte, Davydd J. Greenwood, and Peter Lazes -- Participatory action research : a view from Xerox / Larry A. Pace and Dominick R. Argona -- Participatory action research : a view from the ACTWU / Anthony J. Costanza -- Participatory action research : a view from FAGOR / José Luis González Santos -- Participatory action research and action science compared : a commentary / Chris Argyris and Donald A. Schön -- Comparing PAR and action science / William Foote Whyte -- Research, action, and participation : the merchant shipping case / Richard E. Walton and Michael E. Gaffney -- Cogenerative learning : brining participation into action research / Max Elden and Morten Levin |
| Summary |
Through a rejection of the traditional separation between the researcher and the research setting, this volume discusses a philosophy in which the researcher is fully involved in the process of organizational learning and change |
| Analysis |
Action research |
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Action research |
| Notes |
(Sage focus edition ; vol. 123) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available online |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Action research.
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Group decision making.
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Management -- Employee participation.
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Social participation.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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| Author |
Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000.
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| LC no. |
90008859 |
| ISBN |
0803937423 |
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0803937431 (paperback) |
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