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This 5 page paper answers questions set by the student looking at issues associated with action research. The questions look at the issues of bias and subjectivity when studying the problem of poor communication. The importance of the issue, context of the study and consequences of doing nothing about the problem are all discussed. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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a wicked problem. 1) What assumptions to be made? How do these reflect a bias or subjectivity?1 In any research that takes place there have to be some assumptions,
otherwise the research may become to broad and unfocused; this is the nature of a wicked problem, the realisation that only parts of it may be resolved and even that
may result in more problems or symptoms emerging. Some of the assumptions that may need to be made when looking at communication may include assumptions regarding who the parties
to the communications are or should be. For example in the workplace it may be assumed that these are the employees and the management. Assumption may also be made regarding
the theories that may be relevant, such as the process of communications; for example that employees may not decode it the way employers expect them to as a result of
personal experiences as seen in active audience theory. There are some assumptions that have to be made in the way that the problem is approached, without assumptions there would be
a lack of direction. There is also an assumption in most research that problem solving is the aim of the research (Smith, 1997). 2) Why is this a
key issue? What implications are there for current practice at work place? The recognition of assumptions is important, while needed for research they are also constraints, but if recognised their
limiting impact can be accounted for and recognised and where necessary the bounds may be stretched. The assumption of the problem limits the scope and scale and also reflects the
existence of personal biases as well as indicating the presence of the programmed learning (Smith, 1997). For example, research may look at the communications only between the employer and employee
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