Part I. What is action learning? Introduction to part I 1. Action learning: Its origins and nature - Reg Revans 2. The power of action learning - Bob Garratt 3. Managing as moral art - Mike Pedler 4. The enterprise as a learning system - Reg Revans 5. Minding our Ps and Qs - John Morris 6. What do we mean by action learning? A story and three interpretations - Mike Pedler 7. A biography of action learning - Ronnie Lessem Part II. Applications Introduction to part II 8. Teamworking at Williams Grand Prix Engineering - David Giles 9. Industrial restructuring in the Czech Republic - George P. Boulden and Vlasta Safarikova 10. An in-company programme - Alec Lewis 11. Action learning at digital equipment - Doris Adams and Nancy M. Dixon 12. Self-improvement in Chinese Joint Venture Companies - Zhou Jianhua 13. Action learning in an academic context - Richard Thorpe, Maggie Taylor and Meg Elliott 14. Doctors as managers - Tony Winkless 15. Network learning in an Austrian Hospital - Otmar Donnenberg Part III. Questions of practice Introduction to part III 16. The components of action learning - Alan Lawlor 17. The role of the set adviser - David Casey 18. The shell of your understanding - David Casey 19. The learning process - Alan Mumford 20. Set advising: more than just process consultancy? - Judy O'Neil 21. US human resource professionals and action learning - Nancy M. Dixon, Larry Hales and Richard Baker 22. Continuity in action learning - Jean Lawrence 23. Participating in action learning - Tom Bourner, Liz Beaty and Paul Frost Part IV. Evaluating action learning Introduction to part IV 24. Participants' voices - Krystyna Weinstein 25. Action learning for chief executives: an evaluation - Ian Cunningham 26. More than just a task force - Nancy M. Dixon 27. Life on the seesaw: Tensions in action reflection learning - Judy O'Neil, Victoria Marsick, Lyle Yorks, Glenn Nilson and Robert Kolodny 28. Evaluating action learning - Mark Easterby-Smith, Alison Johns and John Burgoyne

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