Training & Development, April 1999
Marquardt brings together the six essential elements with realistic advice, practical wisdom, and such tools as checklists and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Readers can learn to leverage action learning to solve problems, develop employees, enhance personal growth, and create organizational learning.
Book Description
As author Michael Marquardt demonstrates in this compelling book, action learning--a powerful problem-solving strategy for individual, team, leadership, and organization development--has finally come of age. In this first-of-its-kind how-to guide, Marquardt brings together step-by-step guidance and the personal experience of frontline managers from organizations worldwide to show how to create and implement action learning programs in any organization. With realistic advice, practical wisdom, and hands-on tools, including checklists and a comprehensive glossary of terms, he details the six elements of successful action learning programs, using solid research and corporate examples, such as Exxon, General Electric, Arthur Andersen, and British Airways, to make the connection between action learning and organizational learning. Marquardt also examines the cultural aspects of this program, important to organizations with multicultural workforces.
