Action Learning Facilitation: A Practitioner's Guide

Author(s)
Pedler, M. and Abbott, C.
Pages
216pp
Date published
16 Jan 2013
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Type
Books
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, humanitarian action

Action Learning is based on the simple idea that leaders and managers learn best by working together in a group, helping each other find solutions to real work problems through discussions.Facilitating Action Learning is a clear, concise and straightforward guide to this well-established leadership and management development technique.

The role of the facilitator is to provide guidance in the action facilitation process. In this practical guide, Mike Pedler and Christine Abbott present a new threefold model of the facilitator's role - as initiator, set adviser and facilitator of organizational learning.