Module 4 – Case
Action Learning
Case Assignment
Before starting on this assignment make sure to go through the background materials carefully and go through the main textbook readings. Also reflect carefully upon your Module 1-3 Case Assignments and think about some major areas that you would like to improve upon for your own leadership development based on the self-assessments you have done so far in this class.
Once you have reviewed the background materials and gained a solid understanding about the main steps and challenges of action learning write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following questions:
Assignment Expectations
Module 4 – SLP
Action Learning
For this assignment pretend that you are a leadership development coach assigned to help some organizations fix their action learning programs. For each of the scenarios below explain what you think went wrong and how it could be fixed based on what you have learned about action learning in the background readings. For each of the three scenarios explain your diagnosis and use at least one citation from the required readings to support your diagnosis. Your paper should be two to three pages in length:
SLP Assignment Expectations
Module 4
Required Material
Action learning. (2014). Learning Series. NGO Learning Centre Liverpool Australia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnw1MguS6o
McLuckie R. (2014). Action learning. WIAL Global. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpLheyQV4Es
Passmore J.(2011). Chapter 3: Action learning supervision for coaches. Supervision in Coaching: Supervision Ethics and Continuous Professional Development. London: Kogan Page. [eBook Academic Collection]
Pedler M. (2011). Action learning in practice. Farnham: Routledge. Retrieved from EBSCO eBook Collection.
Pedler M. & Abbott C. (2013). Chapter 1: Action learning: Its origins and principles. Facilitating Action Learning: A Practitioner’s Guide. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. [eBook Business Collection]
Optional Material
Clifford J. & Thorpe S. (2007). Chapter 4: Learning and development methods. Workplace Learning & Development: Delivering Competitive Advantage for Your Organization. London: Kogan Page pp. 29-32. [eBook Academic Collection. Note: you dont have to read the whole chapter just the section on action learning]
Sethi B. (2014) Action learning for executive coaching. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If2cxABYLNo
Peters M. (2013). Accomplish two for one with action learning. T + D 67(2) 52-57. [ProQuest]