ABSTRACT
Published in 1977, this is a detailed account of the results of controversial methods as they were applied in a major company, when twenty-one managers came together for eight months to grapple with important problems for the purpose of learning some of the skills required for senior management. From their very different points of view, the course organisers, GEC’s own personnel specialists, and the managers involved, describe their experiences and discuss with unusual candour the effects on themselves as individuals and on their organisations. There is no attempt to gloss over the difficulties and the disappointments.
This is a book that will be read with attention and profit not just by personnel and management development specialists but by all managers seeking ways to improve business performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|27 pages
The action learning programme
part Two|42 pages
Participants' experiences
chapter 4|9 pages
The project is everything
chapter 6|3 pages
This is the way to unlock resources
chapter 7|10 pages
It didn't work for me
chapter 8|4 pages
Now . . . to run a company
chapter 9|9 pages
Communication is the key to getting commitment
part Three|31 pages
ALP International and Dunchurch Industrial Staff College
chapter 10|6 pages
The challenge was worth it
chapter 12|11 pages
ALP is learning too
part Four|26 pages
The impact of action learning on GEC