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Cover How to Use a Discursive Approach to Study Organizations
How to Use a Discursive Approach to Study Organizations
Cynthia Hardy
Discourse-based approaches to studying organizations have grown in significance over the last 25 years. This accessible and insightful book exemplifies how to use a discursive approach to study organizations. By drawing on her own empirical research, Cynthia Hardy aligns key theoretical assumptions with a range of case studies to demonstrate the value and adaptability of a discursive approach.
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Monograph Book
Published:
28 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106231
Collection:
Business 2022
Cover Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Edited by Randy Stoecker and Adrienne Falcón
This Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse contexts across five continents, it looks at how communities are empowering themselves and bringing about systemic change.
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Handbook
Published:
08 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100970
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Edited by Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, and Thyra U. Thomsen
It is an old cliché that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This book challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams to managing tensions between research and teaching. The book is a practical and stimulating guide to different pathways to successful academic leadership, both in personal and organizational terms.
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Monograph Book
Published:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907155
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover How to be a Reflexive Researcher
How to be a Reflexive Researcher
Paul Hibbert
This stimulating and challenging book provides a guide to reflexivity and reflexive practice, explaining its relevance to research in management, organisation studies and the social sciences. Rooted in the latest research, case studies and the author’s personal experience, the book builds a new perspective on reflexive practice involving bodily, emotional, rational and relational insights.
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Monograph Book
Published:
05 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839101854
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover How Do I Collect Documentary Evidence?
How Do I Collect Documentary Evidence?
Bill Lee
This insightful book introduces a range of innovative strategies for collecting contemporary textual documentary evidence. Featuring insightful vignettes, it comprises a critical guide to the various challenges of collecting documents to realize each of those strategies.
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Monograph Book
Published:
22 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104725
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover Collaborative Inquiry for Organization Development and Change
Collaborative Inquiry for Organization Development and Change
Abraham B. Shani and David Coghlan
This practical book explores collaborative inquiry as an approach to research and change in organizations where internal members and external researchers work together as partners to address organizational issues and create knowledge about changing organizations.
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Monograph Book
Published:
05 Feb 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378254
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover How Not to Write a Thesis or Dissertation
How Not to Write a Thesis or Dissertation
A Guide to Success through Failure
Mikael Sundström
If you thought a book about thesis writing would make for wearisome reading, think again! In seven entertaining and enlightening chapters, Mikael Sundström sheds light on the trials and tribulations of academic writing, offering guidance on how to become a doyen of academic disaster – and, more importantly, how to avoid that fate.
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Monograph Book
Published:
10 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900514
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
Edited by Michael R.M. Ward and Sara Delamont
This updated second edition unpacks the discussions surrounding the finest qualitative methods used in contemporary educational research. Bringing together scholars from around the world, this Handbook offers sophisticated insights into the theories and disciplinary approaches to qualitative study and the processes of data collection, analysis and representation, offering fresh ideas to inspire and re-invigorate researchers in educational research.
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Handbook
Published:
07 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977159
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant
How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant
Insights and Strategies for the Modern Research Environment
Edited by Friederike Welter and David Urbano
Everyone wants their research to be read and to be relevant. This exciting new guide presents a broad range of ideas for enhancing research impact and relevance. Bringing together researchers from all stages of academic life, it offers a far-reaching discussion of strategies to optimise relevancy in the modern research environment.
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Monograph Book
Published:
01 Apr 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977616
Collection:
Business 2020
Cover The Art of Mooting
The Art of Mooting
Theories, Principles and Practice
Mark Thomas and Lucy Cradduck
This book examines the theories relevant to the development of skills necessary for effective participation in competition moots. By consideration of underlying theories the authors develop unique models of the skills of the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains and effective team dynamics; and emphasise the importance of written submissions. The authors use this analysis to develop a unique integrated model that informs the process of coaching moot teams according to reliable principles.
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Monograph Book
Published:
25 Oct 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970396
Collection:
Law 2019