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What is action research - can you provide an example of how this might be used in business research? Please also include some references.

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In this solution, action research is defined and described. It also provides reasons why managers use action research. In addition, two models of action research in business research are given. The solution is 349 words with 2 references.

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Question: What is action research - can you provide an example of how this might be used in business research?

Action research can either be done with the purpose of solving an immediate problem or it can be a reflective process that leads to progressive and successive problems solving activities performed by people working with others in groups or as a participant of a community practice all for the goal of improving the way they solve issues and problems. In an action research, the researcher and the client collaborates in analyzing a problem and eventually developing a solution based on how they have diagnosed the ...

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