Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning: The Path to

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning by Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan From an action learning perspective, it draws on the emerging literature on network learning, re-frames the established concept of action learning as a learning mechanism and extends action learning into the network setting. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Improvement is fundamental to the competitiveness of networks and requires the participating firms to collaborate in identifying and introducing changes. This book presents collaborative strategic improvement as a cycle of activities in which firms in a network can engage together. Drawing on actual cases, authors link this cycle with disciplined action learning as a means of building upon experience generated through collaborative action. They describe how a network can learn from experience and deploy that learning in the marketplace. This unique book brings together the domains of operations management, organizational learning and action learning. From an operations management perspective, the work extends the established concept of strategic improvement in operations to the network within which firms collaborate to improve and to compete. From an action learning perspective, it draws on the emerging literature on network learning, re-frames the established concept of action learning as a learning mechanism and extends action learning into the network setting. Here, it values the inter-organizational insights that emerge through collaboration. Finally, the study articulates a philosophy and a framework for action learning research, extending the reach of action learning beyond practice to knowledge generation. Directed to researchers engaged in active intervention in improvement initiatives in organizations, this insightful book will prove to be a must-have resource. Also, it will appeal strongly to practitioners, including managers and action learning facilitators.Contents: 1. Overture; Part I: The Domains; Introduction to Part I; 2. Collaborative Strategic Improvement; 3. Learning in and Between Organizations; 4. Action Learning in and Between Organizations; 5. Intermission - The State of Our Understanding; Part II: Learning in Action; Introduction to Part II; 6. Collaborative Strategic Improvement Action Learning Programme Design; 7. Effecting Collaborative Operational Strategic Improvement in a Non-Contractual Setting; 8. Effecting Collaborative Operational Strategic Improvement in the Contractual Setting of an Extended Manufacturing Enterprise; Part III: Consolidation; Introduction to Part III; 9. Realizing Strategic Improvement; 10. Guidelines for Realizing Sustainable Strategic Improvement; 11. Action Learning Research in Inter-organizational Settings; 12. Finale; Appendices; Appendix I: National Action Learning Programme (NALP): Background and Overview; Appendix II: CO-IMPROVE: Background and Overview; Appendix III: Introductory Workshop on Action Learning Author Biography Paul Coughlan, Associate Professor and David Coghlan, Professor Emeritus, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Table of Contents Contents: 1. Overture Part I: The Domains 2. Collaborative Strategic Improvement 3. Learning in and Between Organizations 4. Action Learning in and Between Organizations 5. Intermission: The State of Our Understanding Part II: Learning in Action 6. Collaborative Strategic Improvement Action Learning Programme Design 7. Effecting Collaborative Operational Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning in a Non-Contractual Setting 8. Effecting Collaborative Strategic Improvement in the Contractual Setting of an Extended Manufacturing Enterprise Part III: Consolidation 9. Realizing Sustainable Strategic Improvement 10. Guidelines for Realizing Sustainable Strategic Improvement 11. Action Learning Research in Inter-organizational Settings 12. Finale References Appendices Index Review Coughlan and Coghlan has advanced the field of action learning to an even higher and more powerful level in this great book. The authors provide clear guidance on how to strategically and systemically improve an organization through network action learning. The book is filled with examples of how a disciplined approach to action learning that both learning and action focused, with cognitive, structural and procedural dimensions, can lead to successful learning organizations. -- Michael Marquardt, George Washington University Review Quote Coughlan and Coghlan has advanced the field of action learning to an even higher and more powerful level in this great book. The authors provide clear guidance on how to strategically and systemically improve an organization through network action learning. The book is filled with examples of how a disciplined approach to action learning that is both learning and action focused, with cognitive, structural and procedural dimensions, can lead to successful learning organizations. Details ISBN1847200311 Author David Coghlan Pages 224 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1847200311 ISBN-13 9781847200310 Year 2011 Media Book Short Title Collaborative Strategic Improvement Through Network Action Learning Language English Subtitle The Path to Sustainability Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2011-03-31 NZ Release Date 2011-03-31 UK Release Date 2011-03-31 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2011-03-31 DEWEY 658 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learni

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing LTD

Publication Year: 2011

Subject: Coaching & Career Guidance, Management

Item Height: 234 mm

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Collaborative Strategic Improvement Through Network Action Learning: the Path to Sustainability

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Author: David Coghlan, Paul Coughlan

Item Width: 156 mm

Format: Hardcover