Optimizing the Power of Action Learning : Solving Problems and Building Leaders in Real Time

by Marquardt, Michael J., Ed.D.

• ISBN13: 9780891061915
• ISBN10: 0891061916
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

The author brings together 20 best-practice examples and the fundamentals first introduced in his best seller Action Learning in Action to deliver next generation tools and advanced skill techniques to make action learning successful every time in any organization.

Author Biography

Michael J. Marquardt is professor of HRD and Program Director of Overseas Programs at The George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Author	p. xiii
Emergence of the Power of Action Learning	p. 1
Applying the Six Components of Action Learning
The Problem	p. 27
The Group	p. 45
Questions and Reflection	p. 69
Action Strategies	p. 89
Individual, Team, and Organizational Learning	p. 109
The Coach	p. 133
Twelve Steps for Action Learning
Introducing, Implementing, and Sustaining Action Learning	p. 161
References	p. 197
Index	p. 205
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