Contains a critique of Honey and Mumford′s learning style theory, while recognizing its pioneering achievements. Questions what Honey and Mumford mean by learning and experience and explores the validity of viewing experience as the primary “motor” of learning. Raises doubts about the...

A response to the critique.

Reports on ICI′s training and development of first‐line managers, including the various processes and stages of thinking. Shows the importance of first‐line managers and includes a three‐part model which explains their role. Concludes that there is further motivation for managers in...

“The Beefeater Academy has opened doors which otherwise would have been closed to me. I have learned more about myself and my ambition in the last seven months than in the past seven years in Beefeater,” said a participant in management development by action learning at Whitbread...

Action‐centred learning (ACL) is a solution for enhancing the intellectual capital in a business. This article shows that ACL can be more effectively targeted by using metrics of excellence. The author’s company has developed cutting‐edge metrics to identify gaps of knowledge and skills...

Profiles Professor Reg Revans — the father of action learning — who does not seem to have been given the recognition he deserves in the UK, and aims to put the record straight here. Contends that many of Revans' ideas have been picked up and incorporated, over time, into a lot of today's...