Action Learning and its Applications

Part I. Sector Overviews

1. Action Learning in Health care
Cheryl Brook

2. Action Learning in Education
Robert L. Dilworth

3. Transformative Action Learning in the U.S. Government
Robert Kramer, James L. Kelly

4. Action Learning in the Military
Robert L. Dilworth

5. Action Learning in the Business World: Past, Present, and Future
Yury Boshyk

6. Action Learning, Community, and Civil Society
Verna J. Willis

Part II. Themes

7. The Practical Primacy of Questions in Action Learning
Marilee G. Adams

8. Process in Action Learning Teams: Similarities and Variations
Michael Huge, John W. Bing

9. Action Learning and Organization Development
W. Warner Burke, Debra A. Noumair

10. Action Learning and the Learning Organization: Building Learning Capacity in Individuals, Groups and Organizations
Judy O’Neil, Karen E. Watkins, Victoria J. Marsick

11. Action Learning and Action Research
Verna J. Willis

12. Future Search as Action Learning
Marvin R. Weisbord, Sandra Janoff

Part III. Perspectives

13. Action Learning through the Lens of Action Learners
Robert L. Dilworth, Verna J. Willis, Karen M. Videtic, Mariana Garban, Lillie Graham Sapp, Marvin R. Weisbord, Fran Szabo, Judy O’Neil, Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins, Sandra Janoff, Isabel Rimanoczy

14. From the Frying Pan to the Fire — And Back Again: An Action Learning Story from General Electric
Stephen R. Mercer

15. My Experience with Business Driven Action Learning
Alasdair Philip

16. Making Space for Reflection in Action Learning
Geert R. Egger

17. Action Reflection Learning: Tales of Two Journeys
Isabel Rimanoczy, Victoria J. Marsick

18. Looking to the Future of Action Learning
Robert L. Dilworth

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Human Resource Management, Management, Corporate Communication/Public Relations