ABSTRACT

Part II discussed informal learning as the way in which we actually learn to think strategically. In this part we examine a three-stage informal learning process that describes how we progress through the informal learning process of thinking strategically. The three stages of the informal learning process (Figure 7.1) are:

Preparation Experience Re-evaluation

It is important to recognize that although we are referring to three stages of the informal learning process, in reality the process is iterative; that is, we move back and forth between stages. Next we describe each of the three stages of the informal learning process.