Action Learning in Practice

Contents: Introduction The state of the art, Mike Pedler Part 1 Origins: Introduction to part 1 Action learning: its origins and nature, Reg Revans The enterprise as a learning system, Reg Revans The power of action learning, Bob Garratt Minding our Ps and Qs, John Morris Continuity in action learning, Jean Lawrence David Casey on the role of the set adviser, David Casey Digging deeper: foundations of Revans' gold standard of action learning, Verna J. Willis Ad fontes a Reg Revans: some early sources of his personal growth and values, Yury Boshyk Getting started: an action manual, David Pearce. Part 2 Varieties: Introduction to part 2 Self-managed action learning, Tom Bourner Action reflection learning, Lennart Rohlin Business-driven action learning today, Yury Boshyk Virtual action learning, Mollie Goodman and Jean-Anne Stewart Critical action learning, Kiran Trehan The practice and politics of living enquiry, Judi Marshall The varieties of action learning in practice: a rose by any other name, Judy O'Neil and Victoria J. Marsick. Part 3 Applications: Introduction to part 3 Leadership, Richard Thorpe Developing facilitative leaders: action learning facilitator training as leadership development, Katie Venner Action learning in SME development, Lisa Anderson, Jeff Gold and Allan Gibb Addressing systemic issues in public services, Clare Rigg Action learning for organization development in South Korea, Yonjoo Cho and Hyeon-Cheol Bong Facilitation and the affective domain, Ian McGill and Anne Brockbank Learning to be an action learning facilitator: three approaches, Christine Abbott and Tom Boydell Action learning and organization development, John Edmonstone Network learning in an Austrian hospital a revisited, Otmar Donnenberg Action learning and social capital, Mike Pedler and Margaret Attwood Action learning round the world, Michael J. Marquardt. Part 4 Questions: Introduction to part 4 Action learning: a pragmatic and moral philosophy, John Burgoyne Practical knowing: the philosophy and methodology of action learning research, David Coghlan The action modalities: action learning's good company, Joe Raelin Action in action learning, Roland Yeo and Jeff Gold Learning in action or learning inaction? Emotion and politics in action learning, Russ Vince Reflective practice: origins and interpretations, Michael Reynolds Adult learning theories and the practice of action learning, Deborah Waddill and Michael Marquardt Evaluating action learning: a perspective informed by critical realism, network and complex adaptive systems theory, John Burgoyne Index.