Action Research In A Business Classroom Another Lens To Examine Learning

Abstract

This research study looks at the implementation of an action research project within a blended learning human resource management class in employee and labor relations.  The internal and external environment created conditions that converged in the Perfect Storm and resulted in an almost disastrous learning experience for faculty and students.  What is critical about this project is that it could happen in even the most benign and calmest of waters.  In an integrated system, the manipulation of one variable creates an impact on the other variables/systems within that environment.  The failure to predict the impact and mitigate the damages can lead to disastrous results.  The institution must be ready, at all levels, to implement and leverage technology to create distance-learning only environments for traditional students (and faculty) with a bias toward face-to-face educational experience.