Suchergebnisse

Supported bilaterally by Sweden and Norway, the Scandinavian Action Research Development Program (ACRES — Action Research in Scandinavia) emphasized conceptualizing research questions and self-conscious writing processes for experienced action researchers. Participants came from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States.A learning experiment in the tradition of Scandinavian industrial democracy, ACRES had both intellectual and organizational tensions common to action research projects. This book includes theoretical and historical overviews of action research, reflections on the writing process, narratives about the design and difficult internal processes of ACRES, and a selection of the participants' writings. A particularly unique feature of the book is the discussion of the problematic relationship between action research and conventional modes of research writing and an analysis of the complex social processes collaboratively managed projects create, in combination with a set of participant cases.

Section I. An introduction to action research -- 1. Understanding action research -- 2.Theoretical foundations of action research. Section II. Action research practices and processes -- 3. Setting the stage : initiating an action research process -- 4. Look : generating and gathering data -- 5. Think : reflecting and analyzing -- 6. Act : implementing practical solutions. Section III. From local to global--action research for social change -- 7. Reporting : informing stakeholders and other audiences -- 8. Developmental approaches to social and organizational change -- 9. Action research and digital media -- Appendix : Case examples of formal reports.

Die für die Praxis wichtigsten Teilgebiete des Operations Research werden in diesem Werk besprochen. Diese soll der Anwender anhand von vollständig durchgerechneten Beispielen und vielen Übungsaufgaben mit ebenfalls vollständigen Lösungen kennenlernen.

"This report, prepared in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Research and Advanced Technology/Research and Laboratory Management), is an update of a previous volume . "--P.iii. ; Mode of access: Internet.