action Research doesn't just involve asking about it, it involves doing it.
Action Research is a framework that is:
Collaborative
There is a practical intervention made - i.e. you do something to make a change or intervention in a situation that you research (i.e. the work that we do in vcs...project monitoring and evaluation...use for bids)
The researcher will be actively involved in the planned intervention
Checklands FMA model
F - framework of ideas
M - methodology being applied
A - area of concern