Action Learning in Practice

’...the 35 chapters of the fourth edition of Action Learning in Practice consolidate efforts to establish an authoritative work that maps how action-based organizational learning and development has evolved up until the first decade of the twenty-first century. The book is extremely useful for many types of audiences. For those who want to practice action learning, there are multiple chapters that offer important insights and questions for deliberation. For those who seek to study action learning for academic purposes, the chapters contain a thorough review of the state of the practice of action learning across countries and organizations.’ Gilmar Masiero, Vision Journal 'Arguably, when it first appeared, the idea of action learning was ahead of its time. Now, in an age that demands that organizations be characterized by informed, rational and systematic action, perhaps its time has come. This new edition of an well-regarded volume on the topic may well, therefore, turn out to be its most important edition, with much of its material either new or substantially reworked. This volume will surely be an invaluable resource for all those leading and managing organizations in the twenty-first century.' Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, London, UK ’This is a first-class source for those interested in action learning - this being a long established self-directed process for tackling business and work problems in learning sets with peers and colleagues. The book opens with highly readable seminal texts, and progresses from such introductory material to different approaches, examples, and questioning of theorising. A powerful resource whatever the reader’s starting point. If this book’s content may well be relevant to your work, I suggest you buy your own copy.’ British Journal of Educational Technology