"Cast Your Net Widely": Three Steps to Expanding and Refining Your Problem before Action Learning Application

Autor/in	Reese, Simon R.
Titel	"Cast Your Net Widely": Three Steps to Expanding and Refining Your Problem before Action Learning Application
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 12 (2015) 2, S.208-214 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
DOI	10.1080/14767333.2015.1049458
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Educational Practices; Educational Change; Problem Solving; Teamwork; Context Effect; Expectation; Community Involvement; Centralization; Organizational Climate; Organizational Culture; Group Dynamics; Program Administration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsreform; Problemlösen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Organisationsklima; Unternehmenskultur; Gruppendynamik
Abstract	This paper reflects upon a three-step process to expand the problem definition in the early stages of an action learning project. The process created a community-powered problem-solving approach within the action learning context. The simple three steps expanded upon in the paper create independence, dependence, and inter-dependence to aid the interaction of an action learning team as they uncovered the problem. The author recounts how his action learning project created steps of independence that captured divergent thoughts from throughout the organization; dependence that merged thoughts across the diverse group; and inter-dependence that built system thinking focused on horizontal impact across the organization. Readers can replicate the steps in future action learning projects to define the root cause problems before chasing the symptoms toward solutions. Project leaders who do not caste their nets widely during the problem definition stage may find their team solving the easy-to-catch symptoms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01