ABC of Action Learning (Mike Pedler Library: Developing People & Organizations) - Softcover

Revans, R.W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1898001421 ISBN 13: 9781898001423

Publisher: Lemos & Crane, 1998

Synopsis

Reg Revans in this new edition of his classic ABC of Action Learning distils the lessons of more than twenty-five years' experience applying the theory he originated - action learning - the most important idea to have emerged in management and organizational development since the war. Revans' lifelong mission has been to empower the individual manager to act and to learn from action. ABC of Action Learning sets out practical means of realising his vision. In today's rapidly changing environment where learning is needed to innovate constantly, Revans' ideas are more relevant than ever. ABC of Action Learning gives you:

* structures to implement action learning programmes based on an understanding of its operational forms

* insights gained from experiences of launching action learning world-wide and responses of top management to efforts to improve their own enterprises

* conditions for bringing about learning in the organization as a whole system.

(Forms part of The Mike Pedler Library, which currently features Dialogue at Work by Nancy M Dixon, A Concise Guide to the Learning Organization by Mike Pedler and Kath Aspinwall, Resolving Conflicts in Organizations by Rennie Fritchie and Malcolm Leary. New titles to follow soon.)

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Review

"Revans is the management genius of this country - the thinker we should be drawing on" -- Dr Ronnie Lessen, City Business School

"interest in Revans' ideas pours in from around the world" -- Financial Times

About the Author

Reg Revans was the father of Action Learning. He developed many of his early ideas around learning at the National Coal Board before joining Manchester University and then moving to Belgium before returning to the UK in later life. His ideas on learning have since been developed further by The Revans Centre for Learning and Research at Manchester Business School and there are now Action Learning networks and associations all around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lemos & Crane
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1898001421
• ISBN 13: 9781898001423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171