Chapter 1 Developing public service leadership -- the context for action learning / CLARE RIGG -- part Section I Context -- chapter 2 New public policy paradigm -- new leadership / SUE RICHARDS -- chapter 3 Optimizing the power of learning within action learning / MICHAEL MARQUARDT -- chapter 4 Understanding the organizational potential of action learning / CLARE RIGG -- part Section II Practice -- Developing leaders -- chapter 5 Local authority chief executive action learning sets / MICHAEL LYONS -- chapter 6 Learning and leading: Action learning for chief probation officers / SUE RICHARDS -- chapter 7 The design and evaluation of a leadership programme for experienced chief executives from the health sector -- part Section III Practice -- Developing organizations -- chapter 8 Levels of action learning, and holding groups to the experience / CAROL YAPP -- chapter 9 Developing ourselves as police leaders: how can we inquire collaboratively in a hierarchical organization? -- chapter 10 Supporting organizational turnaround in local authorities / PAM FOX -- part Section IV Practice -- Networks and partnerships: developing the public policy system -- chapter 11 Developing public service leaders through action inquiry / GEOFF MEAD -- chapter 12 Partnership action learning / MARTIN WILLIS -- chapter 13 Action learning in inter-organizational sets / DAVID COGHLAN -- part Section V Conclusion -- chapter 14 Action learning in the public service system: Issues, tensions and a future agenda
Summary
This work presents an account of the different ways in which action learning is being deployed in leadership and organisation development. It gives an evaluative critique of the outcomes, lessons and issues in terms of capabilities developed, resources, opportunities and constraints
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
