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Personal name Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun.
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Title Action Learning and Action Research :
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2019.
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Formatted contents note Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers' Comments -- About the Authors -- List of Acronyms -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1-Introduction to Action Learning and Action Research: Genres and Approaches -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Aims, Scope and Contributions of This Book -- Learning and Research Paradigms in the Social Sciences -- AL and AR for Addressing 'Wicked' Problems in our Turbulent World through Relationships -- Sustainability -- Relationships -- Main Genres of AL and AR Discussed in this Book -- Reflections and Conclusions -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Part 1-Action Learning -- Chapter 2-Action Learning: Past, Present and Future -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Action Learning: The Past -- Different Conceptions of Action Learning -- Action Learning: The Present State -- Talent and Leadership Development -- Organizational Learning and Restructuring -- Sales and Marketing -- Environment and Sustainability -- Product and Service Innovation -- Corporate Culture and Ethics -- Action Learning: The Future -- Conclusions -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 3-Lifelong Action Learning: Principles and Case Studies -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Lifelong Action Learning -- GULL's Approach to LAL for Personal and Community Development -- Workplace -- Business-led Development -- People-focused Development -- Organization-led Development -- Community -- Cause-led Development -- Young Adult Development -- Non-governmental Organization-led Development -- Poverty Alleviation -- The Role of Self-directed Networks -- Conclusion -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Information and Reading -- References -- Chapter 4-Action Learning and Mindfulness for Mental Health in the Workplace.
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Formatted contents note Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- The Complementarity and Mutual Reinforcement of Action Learning and Mindfulness -- Self-awareness and Mental Health -- Developing Self-awareness through Action Learning and Mindfulness -- Developing Self-awareness through Action Learning. Action learning develops self-awareness through the norm of supportive challenge by peers in an action learning set, along with the challenge of doing something of significance about something important, -- Developing Self-awareness through Mindfulness. Vago and Silbersweig (2012) undertook a systematic review of 300 articles on ­mindfulness and developed the Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-­Transcendence model as an integrated, systems-based model, in -- Agency and Mental Health -- Building Agency in the Workplace through Action Learning -- Building Managerial Agency through Action Learning. Agency is a defining characteristic of action learning, which involves learning with and through action and reflection on the consequences of action, both intended and unintended. Action learning is typi -- Building the Agency of Non-managerial Employees through Action Learning.  Reg Revans famously suggested that you do not get a Professor of Medicine to solve the problems of nurses having to look after dying children. You get the nurses themselves to explo -- Building Agency in the Workplace through Mindfulness -- Building Managerial Agency through Mindfulness. Managers need to cope with their own thoughts and emotions when offering agency (some control and power) to non-managerial employees. A natural fear of losing control can impede the delegation of authority a.
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Formatted contents note Building the Capacity of Non-managerial Employees for Agency through Mindfulness. Mindfulness builds the capacity of non-managerial employees to contribute effectively in an organization by taking up the authority, responsibility and opportunity provided -- Improving a Toxic Work Environment through Action Learning: A Doctoral Case Study -- Developing an Action Learning Intervention -- Developing Self-awareness through the Action Learning Intervention. The creative processes of drawing and storytelling employed in this research ­captured the experiences and feelings of the managers who formed the action learning group. This provided a s -- Building Agency through the Action Learning Intervention. After the first round of personal disclosure, the participating managers were asked to develop a picture of a changed workplace that incorporated the values that had been denied through the toxicit -- Reflections on Waddington's Action Learning Intervention -- Conclusion -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5-Integrating Action Learning with Action Research (ALAR) -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- My Story of ALAR -- The Integration of ALAR -- ALAR Theory -- ALAR Practice -- ALAR Processes -- The Three Rs. The three Rs refer to relationships, reflection and recognition/reward. I have discussed the importance of relationships in Chapter 1 and reflection above. Recognition of the ALAR team's effort, achievements and learning outcomes at the end -- The Seven Cs. Zuber-Skerritt (2012, pp. 217-218) summarized the key values, strategies and behaviour of action learners/researchers, as the 7 Cs:.
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Formatted contents note The Three Es. Emancipation, empowerment and emergence (of a fairer, more just society) are the three outcomes of a successful ALAR project or program when participants have become (1) emancipated from the dictates of what is expected, 'normal' or dominant -- ALAR Successes -- Challenges Facing ALAR and ALAR Networks -- Additional Challenges -- Reflections and Conclusions -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Part 2-Action Research (AR) -- Chapter 6-Demystifying Action Research -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- The Structure of Human Knowing -- Different Patterns of Knowing -- Action Research as Practical Knowing -- The Theory of Action Research -- Three Practices of Action Research -- First-person Practice -- Second-person Practice -- Third-person Practice -- Modalities of Action Research -- Synthesis through Interiority -- Conclusions -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7-Action Research for Self-study and Living-Educational-Theories -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Living-Educational-Theories -- Knowledge Creation -- Knowledge Democracy -- Action Research -- Self-study of Teacher Education Practices -- The What of a Living Theory Approach -- The Why of a Living Theory Approach -- The How of a Living Theory Approach -- Living Theory Research Processes -- Masters and Doctoral Programs -- Challenges to a Living Theory Approach -- Conclusions -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 8-Educational Action Research -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Educational Action Research -- First Person Research -- Practitioners' Research -- Collaborative Action Research -- Teacher Professional Development -- Examples from an Austrian Perspective -- The University Course "Teacher Education in Subject Areas" (PFL) -- A Primary School Participating in PFL.
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Formatted contents note Evaluation Outcomes and Research Findings across all PFL Courses -- The Masters Course "Professionalism in the Teaching Profession" (ProFiL) -- A Secondary School Participating in ProFiL -- Evaluation Outcomes and Research Findings across all ProFiL Courses -- Problems and Challenges of Action Research -- Reflections and Conclusions -- Change Projects Need Both Visible Challenges and Visible Success -- Change Projects Need Both Individual and Organizational Efforts -- Change Projects Need Both Flexible Plans and the Use of Windows of Opportunity -- Change Projects Need Active Persistence and Resilience as well as Patience -- Change Projects Need Both Accepting and Allocating Responsibility -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 9-Designing and Facilitating Systemic Action Research at Scale -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- What is the Systemic in SAR? -- The Nature and Scope of Some SAR Projects -- Implications of Systems Thinking for Action Research Design -- A Process for Understanding System Dynamics -- An Emergent Research Design with a Strong Bias Towards Methodological Pluralism -- Multiple Inquiry Groups Across an Organizational System -- Multi Stakeholder Engagement across the Problem Domain -- Open Groups with Changeable Membership -- Inquiries Kept as Unbounded as Possible -- Strong Contextually Situated Evidence -- Embedded Processes for Collective Analysis of Data to Build Ownership for Action -- A Networked Learning Architecture -- Distributed Leadership across the System -- Designing SAR -- Structured Large-system Action Research -- Movement-based Action Research Processes -- Conclusion -- Topics for Discussion -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 10-Action Science -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Dynamics -- Theory of Action -- Organizational Learning.
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Summary, etc. Action Learning and Action Research deepens understanding and contributes to new knowledge about the theory, practice and processes of Action Learning (AL) and Action Research. It clarifies what constitutes AL/AR in its many forms and what it is not.
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Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Title Action Learning and Action Research
Place, publisher, and date of publication Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited,c2019
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