Management Learning

John Burgoyne is now semi-retired from the Department of Management Learning and Leadershi at Lancaster University. He is a visiting Professor at University Campus Suffolk, an Associate at Ashridge and Henley Business Schools, and a Trustee at Brathay Trust.

• IntroductionPART ONE: MAKING SENSE OF MANAGEMENT LEARNINGFrom Management Education and Development to the Study of Management Learning - Stephen FoxResearch Traditions in Management Learning - Mark Easterby-Smith and Richard ThorpeThe Arena Thesis - John Burgoyne and Brad JacksonProcess Philosophy and Management Learning - Robert ChiaCultivating `Foresight′ in ManagementGroups, Groupwork and Beyond - Richard Boot and Michael ReynoldsPART TWO: BEING CRITICALProblematical Premises, Presumptions, Presuppositions and Practices in Management Education and Training - Ian Cunningham and Graham DawesThe Gender Agenda - Richard Boot and Morgan TantonPassion, Perspective and ProjectManagement Learning as Discourse - Norman Fairclough and Ginny HardyCritical Action Learning - Hugh WillmottPART THREE: VALUES AND PURPOSESManagement Learning Perspectives on Business Ethics - Robin SnellThe Developmental Approach - Monica LeeA Critical ReconsiderationNew Technology and Management Learning - Vivien HodgsonAccepting the ChallengeCollaborative and Self-Reflective Forms of Inquiry in Management - Judi Marshall and Peter ReasonPART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTS IN DESIGNInterpreting Action Learning - Mike PedlerThe Internationalization of Management Learning - Anna LorbieckiTowards a Radical PerspectiveComputer Support for Management Learning - David McConnellLessons from Informal and Incidental Learning - Victoria Marsick and Karen WatkinsTowards a Critical Management Pedagogy - Michael ReynoldsReconstructionLooking Forward

`There is a lot in this book for anyone who wants to take Management Learning seriously′ - Organisations & People`I feel confident that managers, academics and trainers will find Management Learning an in invaluable addition to their libraries’ Studies in the Education of Adults