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The Evidence for the Effectiveness of Action Learning
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Leonard, H. Skipton; Marquardt, Michael J. – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010
For the past 50 years, organizations and individuals around the world have reported success in their use of action learning programs to solve problems, develop leaders, build teams and transform their corporate cultures. However, very little rigorous research has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of action learning. The authors…
Descriptors: Conflict, Experiential Learning, Doctoral Dissertations, Program Effectiveness
An Extreme Case of Action Learning at BAT Niemeyer
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Eckstein, Emiel; Veenhoven, Gert; De Loo, Ivo – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
Becoming a "winning organization" when one currently is an "ugly ducking" can be a difficult and strenuous task. BAT Niemeyer in the Netherlands succeeded in making such a transformation over the course of four years. Action learning was used, among other methods, to steer part of this transformation, in which employee…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Employees, Professional Development
Action Learning in ActionAid Nepal: A Case Study
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Lustig, Patricia; Rai, Deep Ranjani – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This article describes an example of how action learning was used as a framework for an organisational intervention to fundamentally change the organisational culture over a period of time. It also identifies our learning over that period of time and what worked well (and not so well) in an International Non-Governmental Organisation in Nepal.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Intervention
Participating in a Collaborative Action Learning Set (CAL): Beginning the Journey
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McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
Using an Action Learning Set (ALS) to Support the Nurse and Allied Health Professional Consultant Role
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Richardson, Janet; Ainsworth, Roberta; Allison, Rhoda; Billyard, Jo; Corley, Reine; Viner, Jane – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Advanced clinical practice roles are now an integral feature of many healthcare services and have been adopted in a diversity of areas. However, mentoring of these roles is not well documented in the literature and formal mechanisms of support are limited. An action learning set (ALS) was developed to provide support for consultants currently in…
Descriptors: Nurses, Experiential Learning, Questionnaires, Coping
Developing Healthcare Practice through Action Learning: Individual and Group Journeys
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Wilson, Valerie; McCormack, Brendan; Ives, Glenice – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action Learning is now a well established strategy for reflective inquiry in healthcare. Whilst a great deal is know about action learning there has been inadequate research on the process of learning that takes place, and the impact that this holds for individuals, groups or organisations. This article reports on the findings of 15-month action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Inquiry