Action research as academic anti-freeze for organisational change

David Mackay

Action research as academic anti-freeze for organisational change

David Mackay

Design, Manufacturing And Engineering Management

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Abstract

This paper argues that in addition to making specific technical contributions to industrial partners, academics afforded the time to engage in appropriate action research can play roles of 'catalyst', 'translator' and 'negotiator' when assisting organisations'unfreezing' for change. Through analysis of funded engagements with two Scottish construction firms, it is argued that action research is worthy of focus by the operations management research community as a means of conducting effective industrial intervention whilst delivering multiple academic outputs in a time-efficient manner.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009
Event	Euroma Annual Conference 2009 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 14 Jun 2009 → 17 Jun 2009

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Conference	Euroma Annual Conference 2009
City	Gothenburg, Sweden
Period	14/06/09 → 17/06/09

Keywords

organisational change
action research
collaborative research

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