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ABC of Action Learning: Empowering Managers to Act and to Learn from Action by Reg Revans 1998 edition pub. Lemos & Crane 152pp
ISBN 1898001421 Chapter headings: The Characteristic Assumptions of Action Learning; Essential Rights; The Characteristics of the Manager; The Influence of Top Management; The Philosophy of Action Learning; What Action Learning is Not; Some Experiences of Launching Action Learning; The Enterprise as a Learning System.
Action Learning for Managers by Mike Pedler pub. Lemos & Crane 1996 112pp
ISBN 1898001286 Chapter headings: Introduction; What is Action Learning?; Will it work in my organisation?; What does an Action Learning programme look like?; How does an Action Learning set work?; What is an Action Learning problem?; What skills are developed in Action Learning?; How do you evaluate Action Learning? Surely Action Learning can't do everything?; Where can I get more help?
The Action Learning Handbook by Ian McGill and Anne Brockbank pub. RoutledgeFalmer 2003 304pp
ISBN 0415335116 Chapter headings: Introducing action learning; Types of action learning; Introductory workshops; Starting a set: the first and second meetings; Dialogue and collaborative learning; Action learning as a reflective process; The social context of action learning; Group dynamics in action learning; Being a presenter; Being a set member; Being a facilitator; Development and accreditation of facilitators of action learning; The process review; Evaluating action learning; Endings.
Action Learning: A Practical Guide by Krystyna Weinstein 2nd edition pub. Gower 1999 230pp
ISBN 0566080974 Chapter headings: What is action learning?; The theory and philosophy of action learning; The set; The action:projects and tasks; The processes in the set; The set adviser; Time; The learning; Overcoming some reservations; The future of action learning; How to design an action learning programme.
The Action Learning Guidebook: A Real-Time Strategy for Problem Solving, Training Design and Employee Development by William J Rothwell pub. Jossey Bass/Pfeiffer 1999 220pp (disk incl)
ISBN 0787945919 Chapter headings: What is Action Learning?; Why Use Action Learning?; How Can Situations Appropriate for Action Learning Be Recognized?; How Should the Members of an Action Learning Team Be Recruited, Selected and Oriented?; What is the Team Facilitator's Role in Action Learning?; How Can Action Learning Be Applied to Solving Problems and Developing People?; How Can Action Learning Be Applied to Training Design?; How Should Action Learning Be Evaluated?
