Business action research in practice - A strategic conversation about conducting action research in business organizations

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 535-546

  Sarah, Rod ^a   Haslett, Tim ^b   Molineux, John ^c   Olsen, Jane ^d   Stephens, John ^e   Tepe, Susanne ^e   Walker, Beverly ^a  

^a Monyx Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Public Service   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK   (Australia)

^e Greyhound Racing Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Action research cycles; Learning sets; Organizational clockspeeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036432671     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021068805269     Document Type: Article

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