Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; The State of the Art; Part 1: Origins; 1 Action Learning: Its Origins and Nature; 2 The Enterprise as a Learning System; 8 Ad Fontes -- Reg Revans: Some Early Sources of His Personal Growth and Values; 9 Getting Started: An Action Manual; Part 2: Varieties; 10 Self-Managed Action Learning; 11 Action Reflection Learning; 12 Business-Driven Action Learning Today; 13 Virtual Action Learning; 14 Critical Action Learning; 15 The Practice and Politics of Living Inquiry; 16 The Varieties of Action Learning in Practice: A Rose by Any Other Name?
Summary
Previous editions of this book established themselves as authoritative overviews of action learning practice around the globe. Given the increase in action learning activity since this book last appeared, the demand for an up-to-date edition has grown. Whilst chapters on action learning are now obligatory in every collection on leadership and management development, there is still no competing specialist work of this nature
