This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of action learning, one of the most widely used development methods in health, social and community care. The book addresses the theory and practice of action learning in these fields, and considers action learning as an adult educational ethos as well as a helpful tool. Based upon emerging experience, it identifies good practice in action learning and offers a wide range of resources to enable individuals and organisations extract maximum benefit from this approach. Offering practical tips grounded in sound educational principles, this book is invaluable reading for all senior managers and professionals considering using action learning for leadership, management and organisation development purposes, including organisation development practitioners and action learning facilitators, and for medical and healthcare educators and their counterparts in social and community care looking for a general introduction to this growing field.
| ISBN: | 9781138099579 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2017 |
| Author: | John (Senior Research Fellow, School of Social Science & Public Policy, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 Edmonstone |
| Publisher: | CRC Press an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Genres: |
Health & Fitness Social work Medicine: general issues Medical study and revision guides and reference material Nursing fundamentals and skills |