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Bibliography on Action Learning
Peter A.Smith and Judy O’Neal compiled a bibliography of Action Learning between 1994 – 2000. The full article can be found by clicking "AL Library" at  http://www.tlainc.com/ifalc.htm (Part 1) and (Part 2)
 

Influential Articles By Category [1]

 

A.  Collections:

1.      Special Issues:

 
Performance Improvement Quarterly, 11:1, 1998
Action learning in a nutshell, Robert L. Dilworth, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11:1 1998; pp. 28-43
 
 Action learning; more than just a task force, Nancy Dixon, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998; pp. 45-58
 
 Transfer of learning from an action reflection learning program, Lyle Yorks, Judy O'Neil, Victoria J Marsick, Sharon Lamm, Robert Kolodny, and Glenn Nilson, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11:1 1998; pp. 59-73
 
 Accelerated decision making via action learning at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Ellen D. Lanahan, Linda Maldonado, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11:1 1998
 
Fitting action learning to corporate programs, Laura l Bierema, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11:1 1998
 
Building global capacity with global task teams, Nancy M. Dixon, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998
 
Using action learning with multicultural groups, Michael Marquardt, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998; pp.113-128
 
Use of action learning as a vehicle for capacity building in China, Lichia Yiu, Raymond Saner, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998; pp. 129-148
 
Action learning in the UK, Krystyna Weinstein, Performance Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998
 Employee Counselling Today, The Journal of Workplace Learning, 8:6, 1996
 The learning organization: some reflections on organizational renewal, William D. Hitt, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 7 1996; pp. 16-25

A study of the role of learning advisers in action learning, Judy O'Neil, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 39-44
 
Action learning revisited, Peter Cusins, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 19-26
 
Action learning: bridging academic and workplace domains, Robert L. Dilworth, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 45-53
 
Action learning: route or barrier to the learning organization? Rosemary Harrison, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 27-38
 
Effective learners in action learning sets, Alan Mumford, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 3-10
 
Experiencing action learning, Tom Bourner, Paul Frost, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 11-18
 
Just another talking shop? Some of the pitfalls in action learning, Tom Bourner, Krystyna Weinstein, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 54-65
 
Developing high- potential staff - an action learning approach, John Peters, Peter Smith, Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 3 1996; pp. 6-11
 Education & Training, 38:8, 1996
Learning to learn at the university, Frank, H.D., Education & Training, Vol. 38, No. 8, 1996; pp. 4-6
 
The use of action learning in British higher education, Frank, H.D., Education & Training, Vol. 38, No. 8, 1996; pp. 7
 
Action learning in management education, O’Hara, S., Webber T. and Reeve, S., Education & Training, Vol. 38, No. 8, 1996; pp. 16
 
In their own words: the experience of action learning in higher education, Bourner, T., Frosz, P., Education & Training, Vol. 38, No. 8, 1996; pp. 22
 
Action learning comes of age: questioning action learning, Bourner, T., Beaty, L., Lawson, J. and O’Hara, S., Education & Training, Vol. 38, No. 8, 1996; pp. 32
  
2.      Proceedings, Reports
 
Action learning: real work, real learning, Judy O’Neil, Peter Smith, ASTD. What Works On Line, 1Q2000. Click on the following link which will take you to a publication:
   O'Neil, J. and Smith, P.A., Action Learning: Real Work, Real Learning, ASTD 2000 

B.  Action Learning Fundamentals:

1.      Definition, Description

 
The many faces of action learning, Victoria Marsick, Judy O'Neil, Management
Learning; 30: 2 1999; pp. 159-176
 The essential principles of action learning, Craig Johnson, Journal of Workplace Learning; 10: 6/7 1998; pp. 296-300, ISSN: 1366-5626
 
2.      Process Variant
 
Action Learning: Praxiology Of Variants, Peter Smith, Industrial & Commercial Training, Vol. 30, No. 7, 1998
 Business simulations are not just for finance, Peter Smith, Seth Levinson, Organizations & People, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1996
 
3.      Action Research, Work-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Action Science
 
Work-based learning in practice, Joseph A. Raelin, Journal of Workplace Learning; 10: 6/7 1998; pp. 280-283, ISSN: 1366-5626 
 Changing managers' defensive reasoning about work/family conflicts, Karen E. Watkins, Journal of Management Development; 14: 2 1995; pp. 77-88, ISSN: 0262-1711
 
4.      P vs. Q
 
Q'ing action learning: More on minding our Ps and Qs, Peter Smith, Management
Decision, Vol. 35, No. 5, 1997
 
5.      Set Advisor, Learning Coach
 
Action learning and action science: Are they different? Joseph A. Raelin, Organizational
Dynamics; 26:1 1997; pp. 21-34, ISSN: 0090-2616
A study of the role of learning advisers in action learning, Judy O'Neil, Journal of
Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 39-44, ISSN: 0955-8217
 
 
6.     Learning, Adaptation, Reflection
 
Learning from action: imbedding more learning into the performance fast enough to
make a difference, Lloyd Baird, Philip Holland, Sandra Deacon, Organizational
 Performance learning, Peter Smith, Management Decision, Vol. 35, No. 10, 1997
 
7.      On-Line, Technology Assisted, Distance
 
Cyber tutoring and learning: how to facilitate action learning on line, Sandelands, E.,
GAJAL Published Papers Vol. 3, No. 2, 1999
 Designing a quality action learning process for managers, Molly Ainslie, Gordon Wills, Journal of Workplace Learning; 09: 3 1997; pp. 100-110, ISSN: 1366-5626 
 
C.  Action Learning Practice:
 
1.      Case, Review, Research
 
Action learning team - building bridges within a local council, Lyn Carson, Journal of
Workplace Learning; 09: 5 1997; pp. 148-152, ISSN: 1366-5626
 Just another talking shop? Some of the pitfalls in action learning, Tom Bourner, Krystyna Weinstein, Journal of  Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 54-65, ISSN: 0955-8217
 
2.      Preparation
 A "ROSE +6" architecture for customized, single-company management development seminars, Mark E. Haskins, Jeanne Liedtka, John Rosenblum, Jack Weber, Journal of Management Development; 17: 7 1998; pp. 503-515, ISSN: 0262-1711
 Measuring the ROI from management action learning, Gordon Wills, Carol Oliver, Management Development Review; 09: 1 1996; pp. 17-21, ISSN: 0962-2519
 
3.      Design
 The design of the action project in work-based learning, Joseph Raelin, Human Resource Planning; 22:3, 1999; pp. 12-28
 Managers developing others through action learning, Alan Mumford, Industrial & Commercial Training; 2 1995; pp. 19-27
 
4.      Implementation
 A manufacturing organization action learning programme that has paid bottom-line profits, Richard L. Bunning, Career Development International; 02: 6 1997; pp. 267-273, ISSN: 1362-0436
 Learning in action, Alan Mumford, Industrial & Commercial Training; 27: 8 ,1995; pp. 36-40
 
5.      Evaluation
 
Experiencing action learning, Tom Bourner, Paul Frost, Journal of Workplace Learning;
08: 6 1996; pp. 11-18, ISSN: 0955-8217
 Boundary management in action reflection learning research: Taking the role of a sophisticated barbarian, L. Yorks, J. O'Neil, V.J. Marsick, G.E. Nilson, R. Kolodny, Human Resource Development Quarterly; 7: 4 1996; pp. 313-329 
 
D.  Action Learning Focus:

1.      Education, Androgogy
 
Action learning: bridging academic and workplace domains, Robert L. Dilworth, Journal
of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 45-53, ISSN: 0955-8217
 Developing a learning organization through management education by action learning, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, The Learning Organization; 02: 2 1995; pp. 36-46, ISSN: 0969-6474
 
2.      Management/Executive Development
 
Creating a significant and sustainable executive education experience: A case study,
Jeanne M. Liedtka, Carol Weber, Jack Weber, Journal of Managerial Psychology; 14:
1999; pp. 404-420, ISSN:0268-3946
 
Action learning: business applications in North America, David Parkes, Journal of Workplace Learning; 10: 3 1998; pp. 165-168, ISSN: 1366-5626
 
3.      Hi-Potential Development
 
Developing high- potential staff - an action learning approach, John Peters, Peter Smith,
Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 3 1996; pp. 6-11, ISSN: 0955-8217
 
Career development for high fliers, Terry Bates, Management Development Review; 07: 6 1994; pp. ISSN: 0962-2519
 
4.      OD
 
Strategic planning as action learning, Peter Smith, Abby Day, Organisations & People,
Vol. 7, No. 1, 2000
 
A networking model of change for middle managers, Hank Schaafsma, Leadership & Organizational Development Journal; 18: 1 1997; pp. 41-49, ISSN: 0143-7739
 
5.      Knowledge Management
 
Transfer of learning from an action reflection learning program, Lyle Yorks, Judy O'Neil,
Victoria J Marsick, Sharon Lamm, Robert Kolodny, and Glenn Nilson, Performance
Improvement Quarterly; 11:1 1998; pp. 59-73
 
Information overload: permission to not know? Krystyna Weinstein, Career Development International; 4 1996; pp. 29-32, ISSN: 1362-0436
 
6.      Learning Organization
 
Action learning: Route or barrier to the learning organization? Rosemary Harrison,
Journal of Workplace Learning; 08: 6 1996; pp. 27-38, ISSN: 0955-8217
 
The evolutionary organization: Avoiding a Titanic fate, Peter Smith, Hubert Saint-Onge, The Learning Organization, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1996
 
7.      Competencies
 
Developing management competencies for fast-changing organisations, Andrew May,
Career Development International; 04: 6 1999; pp. 336-339, ISSN: 1363-0436
 
Executive education and strategic imperatives: a formula for crafting competitiveness, Albert A.Vicere, American Journal of Management Development; 01: 2 1995; pp. 31-36, ISSN: 1354-57
 
8.      Teams
 
Building global capacity with global task teams, Nancy M. Dixon, Performance
Improvement Quarterly; 11: 1 1998
 
9.      Union
 Joint action learning: a collective collaborative paradigm for the management of change in unionized organizations, John McAdam, Journal of Managerial Psychology; 10: 6 1995; pp. 31-40, ISSN:72.
 
10.    Leadership
 
Action learning and leadership, Michael J. Marquardt, The Learning Organization; 07: 5
2000; pp. 233-241, ISSN: 0969-6474
The corporate leadership crisis: Break out this way, Peter Smith, John Peters, The Learning Organization; 4:2 1997; pp. 61-69; ISSN: 0969-6474
 
11.    Open Space, Research Conference
 
A journey into open space and an exploration of management development, Margaret Neal, Career Development  International; 01: 4 1996; pp. 11-13, ISSN: 1362-0436
 
12.    Quality
 Proof of the pudding, Nancy G. McNulty, Geraldine Robson Canty, Journal of Management Development; 14: 1 1995; pp. 53-66, ISSN: 0262-1711
 Learning for total quality: an action learning approach, K.C. Chan, The Learning
Organization; 01: 1 1994; pp. 17-22, ISSN: 0969-6474
 
13.    Communities Of Practice
 
A model of work-based learning, Joseph Raelin, Organization Science; 8: 6 1997; pp.
563-578



[1] Source: Smith, Peter A.C.and O'Neil, J., A Review of Action Learning Literature 1994 - 2000, Part 2 - Signposts into the Literature, J. Workplace Learning, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2003
 

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