Business Driven Action Learning

Many global companies have been focused upon strategic executive development within a competitive environment. Often this has resulted in complex theoretical models which have had little or no practical application or impact. Leading-edge companies worldwide have established best practice in this area. This book shows how action learning can result in the effective and successful implementation of strategic executive development.

Business Driven Action Learning: The Key Elements PART 1: BUSINESS DRIVEN ACTION LEARNING: MULTINATIONAL COMPANY EXPERIENCES Daimler-Chrysler: Global Leadership Development Using Action-Orientated and Distance-Learning Techniques Dow: Sustaining Change and Accelerating Growth Through Business Focused Learning DuPont: Business Driven Action Learning to Shift Company Direction General Electric's Executive Action Learning Programmes Heineken, Shell et al: Twenty Years of Consortium Action Learning Hoffman La Roche and Boehringer Mannheim: Mission Impossible - Executive Development During a Takeover IBM: Using Business Driven Action Learning in a Turnaround Johnson & Johnson: Executive Development and Strategic Business Solutions through Action Learning Phillips and Action Learning: From Training to Transformation Motorola: Combining Business Projects with Learning Projects Scancem: 'What Did We Earn and Learn?': Emerging Markets and Business Driven Action Learning Siemens Management Learning: A Highly Integrated Model to Align Learning Processes with Business Needs Volkswagen: Action Learning and the Development of High Potentials PART 2: FACILITATING AND ENHANCING BUSINESS DRIVEN ACTION LEARNING: GUIDELINES ON CO-ORDINATION AND TEAMWORK Strategic Management by Project Group: Lessons Learned General Electric Executive Learning Programmes: Checklist and Tools for Action Learning Teams Facilitating High Performance Teamwork and Leadership Executive Team Facilitation: Some Observations Organising the External Business Perspective: The Role of the Country Co-ordinator in Action Learning Programmes 'Learning the Hard Way': Creating an Executive Development Opportunity for Learning and Reflection Recommended and Referenced Sources About the Contributors