Menter a Busnes (MaB), an economic development company based in Wales, UK, has been using group processes and specifically Action Learning with rural businesses since 2003. Action Learning is fundamentally a coaching process with the coachee being supported by a facilitated group of like-minded individuals who must be willing to learn and to change. The process is designed to develop management capabilities, instigate change and empower and encourage group members to create viable and sustainable businesses for the future. Action Learning is used by MaB’s management development programme for Welsh farmers and foresters, namely Agrisgôp. This paper reports the results of a longitudinal mixed-measures study designed to evaluate the impact of ...
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The not-for-profit disability services sector faces many challenges. The shift in funding arrangemen...
On-site learning in the own region has a high educational potential, which should be utilised by pro...
The use of group processes to encourage innovation and to transfer best practice is relatively novel...
This is an account the work of NetworkNorthWest, a £1m project at the University of Salford that ran...
It has long been recognised that innovation is a key motor of economic change, as it stimulates inte...
The National Staff Development Committee of the Vocational Education and Training Sector is promotin...
The importance of SMEs to the UK economy is overwhelming. Organizations employing less than 250 peop...
There is increasing awareness of the need for new approaches to delivering agricultural extension ba...
This paper presents research with small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners who have participa...
This paper reflects on how action learning sets were used to support organisational change initiativ...
The National Staff Development Committee of the Vocational Education and Training Sector in Australi...
The not-for-profit disability services sector faces many challenges. The shift in funding arrangemen...
This paper recommends the use of action learning to support organisational change initiatives. Actio...
There is increasing awareness of the need for new approaches to delivering agricultural extension ba...
This paper presents findings of an Australian study that investigated how farm- management teams go ...
The not-for-profit disability services sector faces many challenges. The shift in funding arrangemen...
On-site learning in the own region has a high educational potential, which should be utilised by pro...