This concise and practical guide explores the use of action research as a method for conducting research in a business and management Masters dissertation.

Chapter 1. Introducing Action Research
Chapter 2. Understanding Action Research
Chapter 3. Components of Action Research
Chapter 4. Conducting Action Research
Chapter 5. Examples of Action Research
Chapter 6. Conclusions
Glossary

David Coghlan is a Professor Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is author of over 250 articles and book chapters. Recent books include: Collaborative Inquiry in Organization Development and Change (with A.B. Shani, Edward Elgar, 2021), Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (5^th ed. Sage 2019); Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students (with A.B. Shani, Sage 2018), Inside Organizations (Sage, 2016) and he is co-editor of The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014) and the 4 volume set, Action Research in Business and Management (A.B. Shani, Sage, 2016). He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several journals.