Marsick Victoria J. - Understanding Action Learning

Understanding Action Learning

The Adult Learning Theory and Practice Book Series

About the Series

This new book series is intended to provide new thinking about adult learning theory and practice and will serve as a bridge across professions, disciplines, geographical, and cultural boundaries. The Adult Learning Theory and Practice Series will be organized into two components: a series for practitioners who facilitate adult learning, and a series for those who conduct scholarly research on adult learning. Each book in this series will address a new issue or theory in adult learning, identify relevant resources and practical tools for application, and present the results of new, original research that link theory and practice.

To learn more about the Adult Learning Theory and Practice Book
Series, please contact the series editors or Jacqueline Flynn

Series Editors:

Dr. William J. Rothwell(814) 863-2581;
Dr. Victoria J. Marsick(212) 678-3754;
Dr. Andrea D. Ellinger(217) 333-0807;
Ms. Jacqueline Flynn, Executive Editor, AMACOM Books
(212) 903-8379

To find submission guidelines and learn more about the Adult Learning Theory and Practice series, please go to: www.amanet.org/go/AMAInnovationsAdultLearning

Judy ONeil, Ed.D.

Victoria J. Marsick, Ph.D.

Dedicated to our Action Learning colleagues, partners, and clientswho make this bookand the work we all do in Action Learninga very satisfying and innovative continuous learning journey!

Victoria and Judy

Bill Gardner has worldwide responsibility for Executive Assessment, Executive & Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Learning & Collaborative Technologies, Performance Management, Corporate Learning & Development, and Organization Development for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Under Bills leadership AMDs Learning & Development organization was named to Training magazines Top 100 learning & education groups in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. He holds a BS in Finance from Mississippi State and an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Dave Medrano is an Associate Dean for the corporate university of one of the worlds leading multinational automotive companies where he directs training and development to support sales and marketing functions. He is also responsible for reconfiguring training programs for the companys global workforce. He speaks internationally to industry groups and holds a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Rich Wellins, Ph.D. is a Senior Vice President with Development Dimensions International (DDI) where his responsibilities include leading the Center for Applied Behavioral Research, developing and launching a new leadership development system, and building systems for internal knowledge management. He is a frequent speaker and has written 6 books, including the best seller Empowered Teams. He holds a Doctorate in social/industrial psychology from American University.

Andrea D. Ellinger, Ph.D., PHR, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resource Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously she was an Associate Research Educator at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at The University of Alabama, working on a two-year Kellogg Foundation research grant, and an Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Doctoral Program Coordinator at The Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, where she also taught in the Masters of Training and Development program. She holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education from The University of Georgia, an M.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.S. in Business Administration from Bryant College.

Victoria J. Marsick, Ph.D. is a Professor of Adult & Organizational Learning, Department of Organization and Leadership, Columbia University, Teachers College. She co-directs the J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organization at Teachers College with Martha Gephart. She directs graduate programs in adult education and organizational learning. Prior to joining Teachers College, she was a Training Director at the United Nations Childrens Fund. She holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.P.A. in International Public Administration from Syracuse University.

William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, is Professor-in-Charge of the Workforce Education and Development program in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of over 50 books as well as the President of Rothwell and Associates, Inc. Dr. Rothwell received his undergraduate degree at Illinois State University, his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Dr. Rothwell is also North American Editor for the International Journal of Training and Development and series co-editor of two book series with Pfeiffer: The Organization Change and Development Series and the Using Technology in Training and Learning Series.

Judy ONeil, Ed.D.

Judy ONeil is President of the consulting firm Partners for Learning and Leadership, Inc., which specializes in action technologies including Action Learning. She holds an Ed.D. and M.A. in Adult Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, and is on the adjunct faculty at Teachers College. She spent 30 years in the corporate world specializing in human resource development and organizational change. Her publications include Action Learning: Successful Strategies for Individual, Team, and Organizational Development; ASTD: What Works Online; Action Learning; Real Work, Real Learning; and A Review of Action Learning Literature, 19942000, Parts 1 & 2. Her clients have included the Government of Bermuda, VNU (Nielson Media Ratings), Berlex Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Fidelity Investments, PSE&G, RR Donnelley, AT&T, Ernst & Young, Northwest, The Mount Sinai Medical Center of New York, New York Transit Authority, and The Hartford Insurance company.