This document outlines the course content for Organisational Change Week 7. It discusses action research and provides details on the upcoming assignments. The action research model is explained over multiple slides, outlining the iterative process of problem identification, data gathering, joint diagnosis, action planning, action, and further data gathering. Students are instructed to apply this model to propose improvements for the course. Assignment 1 is an individual essay due the following week, and Assignment 2 is a group presentation later in the term.

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MGF3621: Organisational Change
Week 7:
Action Research

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Week 6 Lecture
• Action Research

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Assignment 1
• Individual Essay
• Due week 8 on the Monday 5pm - Moodle
• Worth 30%
• 3,000 words
• 7 Journal Articles
• APA Referencing
• TAKE A POSITION

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Assignment 2
• Group Presentation
• Weeks 10 and 11
• Worth 25%
• 30 minute presentation plus question time
• 1,500 – 2,000 word write up plus slides
• Interventions in Chapter 7 and Chapter 8

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Action Research Model
• Will probably be on the exam
• You need to know it
• Is really hard to do practically in class in
two hours
• So strap yourselves in

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Action Research Model
• Stemmed from OD approach to change
• Collaboration with clients and members
of the organisation
• Consultative approach to change

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Action Research Model
Feedback to Client
Data gathering after
action
Problem Identification
Joint action planning
Consultation with a
behavioral scientist
Data gathering &
preliminary diagnosis
Joint diagnosis
Action

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Action Research Model
• Handout
• Action Research in Aboriginal health
workers

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Action Research Model
• Questions
– Does AR work in this situation?
– Is it more applicable than other
approaches?
– What can you learn from it when you are
conducting your own AR?

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Action Research Model
• Our Turn
– Problem Identification
– Consultation with Behavioural Scientist
– Data Gathering and Diagnosis
– Feedback to Client and Joint Diagnosis
– Joint Action Planning
– Action
– Data Gathering

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Action Research Model
• Our Turn
– Turn your attention to this subject
– What can we do to make it better
– Use the participants in the class to interview
and design change
– GO!

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Next Week
• ESSAY IS DUE
• Gap Analysis

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Week 6 Lecture
• Action Research
• Good idea to understand it
• If not I will re-cap in Week 7