1st Edition

Action Learning Praxiology

By Wojciech W. Gasparski Copyright 1998
228 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

Praxiology is the study of working and doing from the point of view of effectiveness. It has three components: analysis of concepts involving purposive actions; critique of modes of action from the viewpoint of efficiency; and normative advisory aspects in recommen-dations for increasing human efficacy. This sixth volume of the Praxiology series fo-cuses on action learning. Learning from... Read more
Editorial; Introduction; One: The Elements of Action Learning; Fundamental Aspects of Action Learning; The Context of Action Learning: A Short Review of Revans’ Work; Two: Human Action and Learning; Action and Learning; It’s Not Obvious: How Rational Agents Use Salience; Praxiology, Action Research, and Critical Systems Heuristics; Three: Learning by Action: Applications, Techniques, and Case Studies; Applying Action Learning Principles to Academic Seminars: A Study in Praxiological Action; Organisational Learning: A Case Study and Model for Intervention and Change; The Relevance of Action Learning for Business Ethics: Learning by Solving Ethical and Praxiological Dilemmas in Business; Modifying Group Architecture to Manage Conflict – the Dance Card Technique, a Novel Methodology for Managing Group Dynamics; Learning by Action. The Case of the Polish Environmental Movement; The Intellectual Entrepreneur

Biography

Wojciech W. Gasparski