Action Learning and action research are forms of learning by doing. The method of action research was originally credited to Kurt Lewin (1948: 202-3) but action learning was a development associated most commonly today with the pioneering work of Reg Revans (1982, 1998). Some forms of action...

The historical and current context locally, nationally and internationally is outlined to locate the research within the wider framework of adult and ‘second chance' education. The national and local ‘market' are examined and contrasted to assess effectiveness of access targetting. The...

We will focus on updating the data on migration, technology and the overview of the three key socio-economic aspects to the globalisation processes, which two of us outlined in 2007. The three C's: that is comparative advantage; competitive advantage and collaborative advantage as we call them...

In their 2014 report, Deloitte asserted that the global business landscape has fundamentally changed and that ‘business-as–usual' and the previous ideas of what is Normal are a thing of the past. They imply that everyone is now working in the world of VUCA - an acronym for the volatility,...

This paper describes a number of research projects carried out in the United Kingdom and elsewhere as part of a three-phase university research project on Master of Business Administration (MBA) teams. Building upon the earlier work, the aim of the later phase was to extend the offline into the...

Leaders have the task of developing future strategy while being consciously engaged in executing current strategy and mapping landmarks, pathways and obstacles which they meet as they endeavor to traverse challenging, rapidly evolving terrain. In an era in which there is a global leadership...