ACTION RESEARCH

ACTION RESEARCH IS A
REFLECTIVE PROCESS OF
PROGRESSIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
LED BY INDIVIDUALS WORKING
WITH EACH OTHERS IN TEAMS OR
AS PART OF A “COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE” TO IMPROVE THE WAY
THEY ADDRESS ISSUSE AND SOLVE
PROBLEMS.
 ACTION HERE REFERS TO PROGRAMS
AND INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO
SOLVE PROBLES AND IMPROVE
CONDITIONS IN AN OZ

 AIM: TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE

STRATEGIES, PRACTICES AND
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
WITHIN WHICH THEY PRACTICE
 ORIGINATOR OF CONCEPT

 KURT LEWIN IS THE FIRST

 PERSON WHO COINED THE
 TERM “ACTION RESEARCH”
 IN 1944. HE DESCRIBES “a
 Comparative research on
 The conditions and effects
 Of various forms of social

 Action and research leading to social action

 THAT USES A “SPIRAL OF STEPS” EACH OF
WHICH IS COMPOSED OF A CIRCLE OF
PLANNING, ACTION AND FACT FINDING
ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE ACTION

LETS KNOW TWO FACES OF

“ACTION RESEARCH”
AS PROCESS
AS APPROACH
 ACTION RESEARCH:- ACTION RESEARCH IS
THE PROCESS OF SYSTEMATICALLY COLLECTING
RESEARCH DATA ABOUT AN ONGOING SYSTEM
 RELATIVE TO SOME OBJECTIVE, GOAL,OR NEED OF
THAT SYSTEM; FEEDING THESE DATA
 BACK INTO THE SYSTEM; TAKING ACTIONS BY
ALTERING SELECTED VARIABLES WITHIN THE
SYSTEM BASED BOTH ON THE DATA AND ON
HYPOTHESIS;AND EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF
ACTIONS BY COLLECTING MORE DATA.
ACTION RESEARCH MODEL OF OD
 Joint action planned action(new behaviour)

 Feedback to key client or action planning(determination

 of objectives and how to get
 there)
 Client group

 Futher data gathering discussion and work on data

 feedback and data by client group(new attitudes,
 Data gathering and new perspective emerge)
 Diagnosis by consultant

 Consultation with expert feedback to client group(team building)

 Key executive perception data gathering

 Of problems
ACTION RESEARCH AS APPROACH
 ACTION RESEARCH IS THE APPLICATION
OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHODS OF FACT-
FINDING
 AND EXPERIMENTATION TO PRACTICAL
PROBLEMS REQUIRING ACTIONS
SOLUTIONS
 AND INVOLVING THE COLLABORATION
AND COOPERATION OF SCIENTISTS,
PRACTIONERS
 AND LAYPERSONS