ABSTRACT

The readership for this book is wide and varied. Primarily, the book is intended for the part-time postgraduate student, in employment, in education and training-related professions such as teaching in schools, tutoring in further education, technical training in the armed forces and the police service, and social work practice and health care staff development work. However, other users of this book will include those interested in carrying out small scale research projects in and around their work environments. For such readers especially, the text is an enabling tool. It will help in the process of research-skill acquisition. It will help to energise a process of lifelong learning. It will provide a means to channel an eagerness to enquire into and learn more about practitioners own organizational practices.