NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Origins of the Ethos of Action Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bourner, Tom; Rospigliosi, Asher – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2019
The aim of this article is to make a contribution to understanding the ethos of action learning, by exploring how it was influenced by the early family experience of Reg Revans as the originator of action learning. In order to do so, it examines what is meant by the term 'ethos of action learning' in terms of its values and beliefs. The paper…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Family Life, Values
Developing Self-Managed Action Learning (SMAL)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bourner, Tom – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
This article provides an account of self-managed action learning (SMAL), where it came from and how it has been implemented in practice. Self-managed action learning offers a way of realising action learning without the continuing presence of a set advisor in set meetings to facilitate the process. It enables participants to manage and facilitate…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Values, Self Management, Active Learning
Action Learning--An Experience Working with Executives at the IBM Corporation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tracy, Marianne – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
The increasing emphasis on innovation in executive development has important implications for contemporary organizations talent professionals and strategy creators. Providing an experience that addresses individual and team development, strategic innovation, organizational alignment and the integration of values is the objective of the action…
Descriptors: Team Training, Innovation, Experiential Learning, Organizational Development
Meeting the Development Needs of Owner Managed Small Enterprise: A Discussion of the Centrality of Action Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gibb, Allan – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This paper explores the role that action learning might play in micro and small enterprise development. It is divided into two parts. The first part focuses upon the distinctive characteristics of smallness and ownership and their implication for management development processes in the owner managed firm. In particular the impact of personal…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Values, Management Development, Business Education