... the taking of effective action. Action learning Knowledge management Philosophy Pragmatism © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 In machines and bureaucracies, systems are designed where “parts” are similar and interchangeable. In such mechanical systems, cause and effect follow...

... of one’s own knowledge and thought ... [this] control is achieved through critical thought and action ... Freire’s philosophy depicts a process of education or learning which is one of liberation through a denunciation of structures which are dehumanising ... [and which] oppress people in either subtle...