Project management and action research: two sides of the same coin?

Whitehead, Dean

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“…However, these frameworks say little about the process itself. This is where action research as a process methodology complements all frameworks for change management—regardless of context (Whitehead, ). Thus, implementation science focuses on implementing research evidence in healthcare practice and policy‐making while action research has a broader focus on what is researched and for whom, who creates what is researched and how those most affected are co‐designers, co‐implementers, co‐evaluators, in short, are co‐researchers in the entire process.…”

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Unpacking action research and implementation science: Implications for nursing

Casey

O’Leary²,

Coghlan

2017

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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There is a tension between action researchers and the protagonists of implementation science related to perceived "trade offs" between what constitutes "science" and the necessity of community participation. Nevertheless, the use of an implementation science framework in an action research approach can reduce the research practice time lag and action research provides sound theoretical and philosophical underpinnings that can be used by those in the implementation science field.

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Unpacking action research and implementation science: Implications for nursing

Casey

O’Leary²,

Coghlan

2017

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Action research was an appropriate methodology because AR focuses on research in action (Coughlan & Coghlan, 2002). Its cyclical stepped AR process is participative, flexible and allows the introduction of change management by internal sources, so that the participative relationship of those affected by change fosters collective ownership (Whitehead, 2005).…”

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Personal budgets for all? Implementing self-directed support in mental health services

2015

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Personal budgets provide people with more choice and control over how their needs are met and, allied to new thinking concerning individualisation of mental health care, are increasingly a feature of international governmental responses to long-term care. This study was based in an English National Health Service Health and Social Care Trust covering a large predominantly rural area. We aimed to develop self-directed support and understand more fully service-user and carer involvement in the process, using an action research design. Data collection took place between 2007 and 2011, and the project ran in three sequential spirals collecting qualitative data. Findings showed users and carers, and trust recovery coordinators acknowledged the need for cultural change, personal budgets' effect on outcomes, and service-users' capacity to manage these responsibilities. We conclude that moving to personal budgets can be empowering for mental health services users, but is problematic and may present challenges to service-users with fluctuating mental health. Recruiting service-users and carers to participate in research illuminates their otherwise-hidden perspectives, and our use of service-users as coresearchers is a process that others might want to emulate.

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“…With these barriers in mind, we chose an action-oriented methodology to support implementation and to provide an opportunity to explore the problems associated with the development of ITR practice in HEIs in five different countries in Europe. The study adopts an approach that is significantly different from other forms of academic research in that it does not intend to create objective findings which can be generalised, but rather it aims to generate practical knowledge and act as a framework to develop new understanding, aid the implementation of innovative practice (<IR>) and identify good practice (Whitehead, 2005;Hind et al 2013).…”

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Leading ethical leaders : higher education institutions, business schools and the sustainable development goals

Usher¹

2023

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This volume provides unique and profound insights from within educational institutions in diverse regions of the world on how ‘learning outside’ and ‘learning inside’ can be holistically integrated, so that the sustainable development agenda does not remain static and programmatic, but a creative and permeable framework. The shared hope across the thirteen chapters, which constitute complete original essays on the theme, is to develop meaningful, interdisciplinary curricula and research projects which serve the human community as a whole. The aim of the editors is directed towards a similar United Nations’ valuable ideal: to advance knowledge in respect of the earth and the future generations who will inherit it.

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Project management and action research: two sides of the same coin?

Abstract: In terms of originality, this represents a conceptual piece of work that puts forward constructs that have, to date, not featured in the health care literature. Its value lies in suggesting further options for organisational-oriented health care research.

Cited by 12 publications

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Unpacking action research and implementation science: Implications for nursing

Unpacking action research and implementation science: Implications for nursing

Personal budgets for all? Implementing self-directed support in mental health services

Leading ethical leaders : higher education institutions, business schools and the sustainable development goals

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