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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Author -- Who Should Read this Book? -- Chapter 1. What is Action Learning? -- Ethos -- Method -- Work -- Action -- An Individual Set Member -- Issue -- Information -- The Action Learning Set -- Sponsor -- Champion -- Facilitator -- Process -- What It's Not -- A Discussion Group -- A Formal Meeting -- A Seminar -- A Simulation -- A Self-Development Group -- A Support Group -- A Blame Group -- Teambuilding -- A Taskforce or Project Team -- Group Therapy |
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Coaching, Mentoring and Counselling -- Professional Supervision -- Action Research -- Appreciative Inquiry -- The Originator -- What Are the Benefits of Action Learning? -- Where Is Action Learning Used? -- The Range of Applications -- References -- Chapter 2. Underlying Principles -- The Formulae -- Adult Learning -- Puzzles and Problems -- Puzzles/Tame Issues -- Problems/Wicked Issues -- Balancing Learning and Task Achievement -- Single- and Double-Loop Learning -- Single-Loop Learning -- Double-Loop Learning -- Triple-Loop Learning -- Inferring and Mindsets -- References |
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Chapter 3. Distinctions and Differences -- Mainstream or ""Classical"" Action Learning -- Speculative -- Emancipatory -- Performative -- Self-Managed Action Learning -- Virtual Action Learning -- Business-Driven Action Learning -- World Institute for Action Learning Approach -- Critical Action Learning -- Critically Reflective Action Learning -- Action Reflection Learning -- Co-Development Action Learning -- Auto Action Learning -- Project Action Learning -- Positive Action Learning -- Emancipatory Action Learning -- Network Action Learning -- Anticipatory Action Learning |
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Blended Action Learning -- References -- Chapter 4. Preparing for Action Learning -- Assessing the Climate and Culture -- Enablers -- Disablers -- Taster Events -- Commitment -- References -- Chapter 5. The Action Learning Set -- Membership -- Set Formation -- Self-Selection of Set Membership -- Alternative Set Groupings -- Questions Regarding Set Membership -- Location and Venue of Set Meetings -- Duration of Set Meetings -- Frequency of Set Meetings -- Ground Rules -- Time and Process -- Resistance to Learning -- Linking Learning and Work -- Coping Without a Teacher or Trainer |
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Learning from Colleagues -- Reflection -- Support and Challenge -- Appropriate Behaviour -- Leaving a Set -- What Happens in a Set -- Between Set Meetings -- Potential Pitfalls -- References -- Chapter 6. Choosing the Issue -- Tame Problems (Revans' ""Puzzles"") -- Wicked Problems (Revans' ""Problems"") -- Familiar and Unfamiliar Problems -- Problem-Solving Inputs -- References -- Chapter 7. The Key Skills -- Active Listening -- Questioning -- Giving and Getting Feedback -- Driver Patterns -- Non-Verbal Approaches -- References -- Chapter 8. The Energy Investment Model |
| Summary |
Applied as a discrete activity focused on a priority need or on new or changed roles; as a linkage between more formal programs and the workplace or blended with other elements in a program, this book distils current and previous practice and theory to provide an up-to-date guide to action learning |
| Notes |
John Edmonstone is a leadership, management and organization development consultant with extensive experience within the public services both within the UK and internationally in the human resource and organization development fields. He has worked regularly with action learning in the UK, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Indonesia. He is the author of: The Action Learner's Toolkit (2003), Action Learning in Healthcare: A Practical Handbook (2011) and Action Learning in Health, Social and Community Care: Principles, Practices, Resources (2018) together with many journal articles on action learning in the international journal Action Learning: Research and Practice. John Edmonstone is on the Editorial Board of the journal Action Learning: Research and Practice where he guest-edited a Special Issue on Action Learning in Healthcare (2022). He has attended and presented all of the bi-annual international conferences sponsored by that journal from 2008 to 2023. He is Honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, having previously held similar appointments at Keele, Sheffield Hallam and Queen Margaret Universities. He has facilitated action learning sets in healthcare, local government and higher education |
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Active learning.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781040009949 |
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1040009948 |
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9781003464440 |
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1003464440 |
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9781040009932 |
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104000993X |
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