Aktionsforskning

Kurt Lewin er ofte den person der krediteres for at have opfundet udtrykket 'aktionsforskning'.

Hans tilgang indebærer en spiral af trin. Den cykliske proces illustreres således:

Kilde: Mark Smith, 2001 - http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-lewin.htm

Lewins beskrivelse af aktionsforsknings citeres i Smiths artikkel som:

"The first step then is to examine the idea carefully in the light of the means available. Frequently    more fact-finding about the situation is required. If this first period of planning is successful, two items emerge: namely, “an overall plan” of how to reach the objective and secondly, a decision in regard to the first step of action. Usually this planning has also somewhat modified the original idea."