NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Bringing Action Reflection Learning into Action Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rimanoczy, Isabel; Brown, Carole – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
This paper introduces Action Reflection Learning (ARL) as a learning methodology that can contribute to, and enrich, the practice of action learning programs. It describes the Swedish constructivist origins of the model, its evolution and the coded responses that resulted from researching the practice. The paper presents the resulting sixteen ARL…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Models
Codifying Implementation Guidelines for a Collaborative Improvement Initiative
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Coughlan, Paul; Coghlan, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
The application of action learning in inter-organizational settings is largely undeveloped. This article presents a description of and reflection on an action learning approach to enabling collaborative improvement in the extended manufacturing enterprise. The article focuses in particular on implementing the action learning approach. However, the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Guidelines, Organizational Development, Administrators
Learning from Toyota: How Action Learning Can Foster Competitive Advantage in New Product Development (NPD)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fuchs, Barbara – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2007
New product development and commercialization are essential to entrepreneurial growth and international competitiveness. Excellence in this area is strongly supported by individual and organizational learning efforts. By analyzing how Japanese car manufacturer Toyota organizes learning, this paper evaluates the potential of action learning to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Foreign Countries
Action Learning: Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mumford, Alan – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
Kurt Lewin's epigrammatic paradox is particularly true for action learning. Marquardt and Waddill (2004), and previously Yorks O'Neil and Marsick (1999) have approached the issue of the relationship between theory and action learning by looking at a variety of theories which they have placed in "schools". This provides an interesting analysis, but…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Theories, Organizational Theories, Organizational Development
Action Learning: Avoiding Conflict or Enabling Action
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Corley, Aileen; Thorne, Ann – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
Action learning is based on the premise that action and learning are inextricably entwined and it is this potential, to enable action, which has contributed to the growth of action learning within education and management development programmes. However has this growth in action learning lead to an evolution or a dilution of Revan's classical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Conflict, Experiential Learning, Reflection
Virtual Action Learning: Experiences from a Study of an SME e-Learning Programme
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stewart, Jean-Anne; Alexander, Gillian – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
This paper presents the findings from a project investigating management development for SME managers using an action learning programme, combining both face-to-face workshops and a virtual action learning environment. This programme was undertaken as part of the ENSeL (Engaging Networks for Sustainable eLearning) project, which was supported by…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Electronic Learning