Learning from experience – making the most of work‐based learning

Discusses the challenges facing HR departments in harnessing the potential of work‐based management development programmes. The article considers the research carried out by Mumford on executive learning styles and considers this in the context of the development of life‐long learning skills and, in particular, the use of the credit accumulation and transfer scheme (CATS) and application of prior experiential learning (APEL). Features a case study of a group of senior managers from Granada plc engaged in the accelerated MBA programmes by action learning delivered by International Management Centres Association (IMCA).