IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/alresp/v11y2014i3p352-360.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Moving from opportunism to expediency when introducing action learning into an organisation

Author

Listed:
  • Mike Bloodworth

Abstract

During my first year of practice as a new action learning facilitator undertaking an 'ILM Level 5 Certificate in Action Learning Facilitation', an innovative Individual Service Fund pilot was launched by 'Certitude', the organisation for which I work. The aim of this pilot was to enable people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in London to have more choice and control over their support. By recognising the opportunity that this pilot provided, I was able to design, introduce and facilitate an action learning intervention to develop the confidence of leaders and managers involved in implementing the pilot's project plan and in turn explore my own emerging practice. This paper focuses on my journey from an opportunistic to expedient action learning facilitator; responsible for introducing, planning and establishing a new model of learning and development in Certitude.

Suggested Citation

  • Mike Bloodworth, 2014. "Moving from opportunism to expediency when introducing action learning into an organisation," Action Learning: Research and Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 352-360, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:alresp:v:11:y:2014:i:3:p:352-360
    DOI: 10.1080/14767333.2014.950809
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/14767333.2014.950809
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/14767333.2014.950809?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Verna J. Willis, 2004. "Inspecting cases against Revans' ‘gold standard’ of action learning," Action Learning: Research and Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(1), pages 11-27, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Dolores Foley, 2006. "Developing citizen leaders through action learning," Action Learning: Research and Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(01), pages 79-87.
    2. Christine Abbott & Michael Weiss, 2016. "Doing different things or doing things different: exploring the role of action learning in innovation," Action Learning: Research and Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 41-49, March.
    3. Raelin, Joseph A., 2019. "Deriving an affinity for collective leadership: below the surface of action learning," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 16(2), pages 123-135.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:alresp:v:11:y:2014:i:3:p:352-360. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CALR20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.