... of a collaborative process aimed at development and change that can serve the development of both participants. Collaboration Reciprocity Learning Partnership Action learning Relationship With regard to foundational information, a few theories/concepts were located that provide some grounding...

...-making? and How can the HRD profession develop as a hybrid profession with respect to machine learning (ML)/artificial intelligence (AI)? Practical implications FFL produces outcomes that have importance for strategy, HRD practitioner can learn to facilitate FFL by action learning and in leadership...

...Jane Robertson; Heidi Le Sueur; Nicky Terblanche Purpose This study aims to investigate the aspects that influence reflective practice during an action learning approach to management development programmes (MDPs). Design/methodology/approach A narrative inquiry approach was used to gather...

...Hyeon-Cheol Bong; Yonjoo Cho The authors presented four significant discussion agendas including: cultural differences, relationships between interview questions, typology of definitions of success and comparing action learning with other approaches. Based on the discussion, the authors...

... showed that action learning was a central method of development. Research limitations/implications – The Sufficiency Economy and people-centered development served as an alternative development path, pursuing balanced growth based on development from within and on the accumulation of knowledge...

...Sunyoung Park; Yonjoo Cho; Seung Won Yoon; Heeyoung Han Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the distinctive features of three team learning approaches (action learning, problem-based learning, and project-based learning), compare and contrast them, and discuss implications...

...Cheryl Brook; Mike Pedler; John G Burgoyne Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to assess the extent to which these practitioners' perspectives and practices match Willis's conception of a Revans “gold standard” of action learning. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopts...

...Everon C. Chenhall; Thomas J. Chermack Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated model of action learning based on an examination of four reviewed action learning models, definitions, and espoused outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A clear articulation of the strengths...

... be devised for virtually any job category or area of study. The methods are bound only by the creativity of the trainer and the learners. Paul Lyons can be contacted at: plyons@frostburg.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Training methods Experiential learning Action learning...

... is the first to consider a wide range of change situations from organizational changes to medically verified occupational decline of the individual. Competences Change management Human resource development Human resource management Action learning Finland Structural changes, atypical...

... and is an output from ongoing research. An MA in Strategic HR provides the initial focus. This partnership programme is informed by action learning ethos and method and the emancipatory potential of critical reflection. The paper illustrates how students talk about becoming critically reflective, and in doing so...

...Jean Clarke; Richard Thorpe; Lisa Anderson; Jeff Gold Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that action learning (AL) may provide a means of successfully developing small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The literature around SME learning suggests...

...Roland K. Yeo Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore if reflective inquiry and action learning have an influence on job and organizational effectiveness. A reflective‐action learning framework will be used as a prior theory to illustrate its link to organizational learning. Design...

...Lisa Anderson; Richard Thorpe This article discusses the role of criticality in action learning and in Master's level management education; examines approaches to developing criticality through social constructionist approaches to learning and illustrates how a heightened consciousness of language...

...Ivo De Loo; Bernard Verstegen In theory, action learning programs should lead to personal growth, and thereby also to organizational growth. Especially the occurrence of organizational growth can be questioned however. Three explanations are offered to explain the lack of organizational growth...

... workplace competences in management development; coaching and mentoring through networks or learning partnerships with master builder; and adapting models of “action learning” in the workplace as practical means for gaining formal, management qualifications. The challenge facing the building industry...

... for increased skill training of its workforce. A supervisory training programme was designed and implemented to increase supervisors’ skills in specific manufacturing‐related areas that support the main goals of increasing quality and cutting costs. Through a small‐group action‐learning design, supervisors...

... Action learning Downsizing Eastern Europe Organizational restructuring Spin‐offs Start‐ups Training Arguably, the most important and difficult tasks for Central and Eastern European countries in their transition towards market economics is to develop a private sector of small and medium...

...‐development and the type of culture in which it is likely to thrive. Outlines a specific plan for implementing self‐development. Action learning Issues management Learning Self‐development Training techniques SELF-DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS: ISSUES AND ACTIONS 3 At its best, an organization using...

...Cliff Bunning Advances the view that learning is a strategic variable in individual and organizational effectiveness; discusses the processes involved in learning; proposes ways in which organizations can be more supportive of learning; advocates action learning. © MCB UP Limited 1992...