Using Action Learning to Develop Human Resource Executives at General Electric

2002 ◽  
pp. 90-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peg Tourloukis
Author(s):  
John Baaki ◽  
Maria Cseh

This reflective case history illustrates the change process in a USA sports and entertainment's theatre organization led by its leader in consultation with a human resource development and organizational change professional. Evidence-based organizational change and development informed by the theoretical perspectives on shop floor management and action learning guided the change process conceptualized on the belief that frontline employees should play a major role in driving change in organizations, and their learning and reflection is crucial in this process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toby Egan ◽  
Robert G. Hamlin

The Problem Coaching is becoming a ubiquitous form of human resource development (HRD) that experiences regular annual gains in both interest and participation. Yet it lacks theoretical framing and has not been conceptually well developed. There is a need for further framing of coaching as a dyadic, or group-based phenomenon, occurring in a set of diverse, but often commonly utilized contexts. The Solution Contributors to this issue inform this growing HRD area by elaborating upon coaching in terms of conceptualization, theoretical foundations, and measurement tools. They provide perspectives on coaching in its many forms, including executive, managerial, and action learning coaching. These perspectives on coaching most often share a dyadic/one-on-one context, and elaborate on coaching practices in terms of interactional richness, learning, and development. The Stakeholders Researchers and scholarly practitioners in the HRD field, internal and external coaches, and line managers who are committed to improving the practice of and expanding empirical research on coaching will benefit from this special issue on coaching.


2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Avedon ◽  
Karen Grabow

We were asked by the editor of this journal about our reactions to the Ryan and Ford (2010) article. More specifically, she asked (a) to what degree “organizational psychologist” was part of our identities in our roles as the senior-most human resources executive in our respective organizations and (b) which of the scenarios described at the end of the Ryan and Ford article would most benefit organizations and the people who work in them (rather than examining which would be most beneficial to the profession itself).


2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lane Morris ◽  
Joyce Thompson Heames ◽  
Heather S. McMillan

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