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ANNEX TEN: SUGGESTED READING AND WEB RESOURCES
General
McNiff, Jean (1992) Action Research: Principles and Practice. Macmillan Education.
Reason, P and Bradbury, H (2001) Introduction: Inquiry and Participation in Search of a World Worthy of Human Aspiration, in Reason, P and Bradbury, H (eds) Handbook of Action Research, Sage. Available at: www.bath.ac.uk/~mnspwr/Papers/HandbookIntroduction.htm
Reason, P (forthcoming) Choice and Quality in Action Research Practice,Journal of Management Inquiry, www.bath.ac.uk/~mnspwr/Papers/ChoiceandQualityinActionResearchPractice.pdf
Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers (1999) What Do We Measure and Why? Questions About the Uses of MeasurementJournal for Strategic Performance Measurement, June
http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/whymeasure.html
Action Learning
Boutall J & Pedlar M (1992) Action Learning for change. A Resource Book for Managers and other Professionals. NHS Training Directorate: London.
Coghlan D. and Brannick T. (2001) Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization. London: Sage Publications.
Kember D. (2000) Action learning and action research: improving the quality of teaching and learning. London: Kogan Page Ltd.
McGill I, Brockbank, A. (2004) The Action Learning Handbook Routledge, Falmer London
Action Science/Action Inquiry
Argyris, Chris; Putnam, Robert and McLain Smith, Diana (1985) Action Science, Jossey-Bass
Friedman, Victor J (2001) Action Science: Creating Communities of Inquiry in Communities of Practice in P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice, London: Sage Publications.
Rudolph, J W, Taylor, S S and Foldy E G (2001) Collaborative Off-line Reflection: a Way to Develop Skill in Action Science and Action Inquiry in Reason, P and Bradbury, H (eds) Handbook of Action Research, Sage.
Torbert, W.R. (2001). The Practice of Action Inquiry. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), The Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice London: Sage Publications.
Appreciative Inquiry
Ludema, James D; Cooperrider, David L. and Barrett, Frank J (2001). Appreciative Inquiry: the Power of the Unconditional Positive Question , in P. Reason and H. Bradbury (eds) Handbook of Action Research, Sage
Scottish Centre for Regeneration (2005) Appreciative inquiry: asking the right questions, Learning Point 2, www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
Sue Annis Hammond (1998) The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry, Thin Book Publishing, 2 nd Edition
Co-operative Inquiry
Baldwin, M (2002) Co-operative Inquiry as a tool for professional development, in Reason, P. (ed) Special Issue: The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry. Systemic practice and Action Research, 15(3). www.bath.ac.uk/carpp/SPAR/MarkBaldwin.htm
John Heron & Peter Reason (2001). The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research With Rather Than On People. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice London: Sage Publications.
John Heron & Peter Reason (undated) A Layperson's Guide to Co-Operative Inquiry
http://www.bath.ac.uk/carpp/layguide.htm
Large group processes
Jacobs. R. W and McKeown, F (1999) Real Time Strategic Change in Holman, P and Devane, T eds. The Change Handbook - Group Methods for Shaping the Future, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco
Martin, A. W (2001) Large Group Processes as Action Research, in P. Reason and H. Bradbury (eds) Handbook of Action Research, Sage
Owen, Harrison, with Stadler, A (1999) Open Space Technology in Holman, P and Devane, T The Change Handbook - Group Methods for Changing the Future, Berrett-Koehler
Weisbord, M.R. & Janoff, S. (1999) Future Search: Acting on Common Ground in Organisations and Communities in Holman, P and Devane, T eds. The Change Handbook - Group Methods for Shaping the Future, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco
Participatory Action Research
Wadsworth, Y (1998) What is Participatory Action Research?, in Action Research International, Paper 2. Available at: http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/p-ywadsworth98.html
Whole systems approaches
Pratt J, Gordon P and Plamping D (2005) Working Whole Systems: putting theory into practice in organisations (2nd edition) Oxford, Radcliffe Press
Margaret Wheatley (1999) Leadership and the New Science, Discovering Order in a Chaotic World, 2 nd Edition.
Web resources
Action Learning Action Research & Process Management Association Incorporated ( ALARPM) www.alarpm.org.au/
Manchester Metropolitan University, Institute of Education, The Collaborative Action Research Network ( CARN) www.did.stu.mmu.ac.uk/carn/default.shtml
Open University - Systems practice, managing complexity www.open2.net/systems/
Research for Real www.research-for-real.co.uk
University of Bath, School of Management, Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice www.bath.ac.uk/carpp
University of East Anglia, Centre for Applied Research in Education ( CARE) www.uea.ac.uk/care/
University of the West of England, Social and Organisational Learning
as Action Research (SOLAR) www.uwe.ac.uk/solar/
Web links to Participatory Action Research sites
http://www.goshen.edu/soan/soan96p.htm
Action Research resources www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
Action Science www.actionscience.com/
Appreciative Inquiry http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/
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