Business Driven Action Learning

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction: Business Driven Action Learning: The Key Elements......Page 12
Part I: Business Driven Action Learning: Multinational Company Experiences......Page 20
1 DaimlerChrysler: Global Leadership Development using Action-Oriented and Distance-Learning Techniques......Page 22
2 Dow: Sustaining Change and Accelerating Growth Through Business Focused Learning......Page 33
3 DuPont: Business Driven Action Learning to Shift Company Direction......Page 48
4 General Electric\'s Executive Action Learning Programmes......Page 61
5 Heineken, Shell et al: Twenty Years of Consortium Action Learning......Page 74
6 Hoffman La Roche and Boehringer Mannheim: Mission Impossible? – Executive Development During a Takeover......Page 84
7 IBM: Using Business Driven Action Learning in a Turnaround......Page 95
8 Johnson & Johnson: Executive Development and Strategic Business Solutions through Action Learning......Page 110
9 Motorola: Combining Business Projects with Learning Projects......Page 123
10 Philips and Action Learning: From Training to Transformation......Page 134
11 Scancem: \'What Did We Earn and Learn?\' Emerging Markets and Business Driven Action Learning......Page 153
12 Siemens Management Learning: A Highly Integrated Model to Align Learning Processes with Business Needs......Page 159
13 Volkswagen: Action Learning and The Development of High Potentials......Page 171
Part II: Facilitating and Enhancing Business-Driven Action Learning: Guidelines on Coodination and Teamwork......Page 186
14 Strategic Management by Project Group: Lessons Learned......Page 188
15 General Electric Executive Learning Programmes: Checklist and Tools for Action Learning Teams......Page 198
16 Facilitating Leadership Development through High Performance Teamwork......Page 210
17 Executive Team Facilitation: Some Observations......Page 219
18 Organising the External Business Perspective: The Role of the Country Coordinator in Action Learning Programmes......Page 225
19 \'Learning the Hard Way\': Creating an Executive Development Opportunity for Learning and Reflection......Page 246
Recommended and Referenced Sources......Page 260
About the Contributors......Page 270
Index......Page 278