Action learning in practice / edited by Mike Pedler

The 2016 4th edition published in paperback 2024.

List of Tables ; Notes on Contributors ; The State of the Art; Part 1: Origins; 1 Action Learning: Its Origins and Nature; 2 The Enterprise as a Learning System; 8 Ad Fontes - Reg Revans: Some Early Sources of His Personal Growth and Values; 9 Getting Started: An Action Manual; Part 2: Varieties; 10 Self-Managed Action Learning; 11 Action Reflection Learning; 12 Business-Driven Action Learning Today; 13 Virtual Action Learning; 14 Critical Action Learning; 15 The Practice and Politics of Living Inquiry.
16 The Varieties of Action Learning in Practice: A Rose by Any Other Name?Part 3: Applications; 17 Leadership; 18 Developing Facilitative Leaders: Action Learning Facilitator Training as Leadership Development; 19 Action Learning in SME Development; 20 Addressing Systemic Issues in Public Services; 21 Action Learning for Organization Development in South Korea; 22 Facilitation and the Affective Domain; 23 Learning to be an Action Learning Facilitator: Three Approaches; 24 Action Learning and Organization Development; 25 Network Learning in an Austrian Hospital - Revisited.
26 Action Learning and Social Capital27 Action Learning around the World; Part 4: Questions; 28 Action learning: A Pragmatic and Moral Philosophy; 29 Practical Knowing: The Philosophy and Methodology of Action Learning Research; 30 The Action Modalities: Action Learning's Good Company; 31 Action in Action Learning; 32 Learning in Action or Learning Inaction? Emotion and Politics in Action Learning; 33 Reflective Practice: Origins and Interpretations1; 34 Adult Learning Theories and the Practice of Action Learning.
35 Evaluating Action Learning: A Perspective Informed by Critical Realism, Network and Complex Adaptive Systems Theory.

Previous editions of Action Learning in Practice established this authoritative overview of action learning around the world. Over the last decade the move towards action-based organizational learning and development has accelerated, and action learning is now an established part of the education and development mainstream in large and small organizations. Fully revised and updated, this fourth edition covers the origins of action learning with Reg Revans' ideas, and looks at their development and application today. Action learning is self-directed learning through tackling business and work problems with the support of peers and colleagues. A professional and diverse workforce, attracted, influenced and developed in this way is more able to deal effectively with the growing complexity and pressures of working life. As the limits of conventional training and development become more obvious, leaders are increasingly attracted to action-based approaches to learning when seeking better outcomes and returns on investment.