In acknowledgement and appreciation -- About the authors -- About the contributors -- About this book -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- The organisational setting -- Understanding organisational behaviour -- Approaches to organisation and management -- The organisational environment -- The...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to assess the extent to which these practitioners ' perspectives and practices match Willis ' s conception of a Revans “gold standard” of action learning. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopts a qualitative design and methodology based on...

In adapting Bowles' and Gintis's correspondence principle of education, this paper suggests that there are ways in which the theory and practice of action learning developed <italic>in correspondence</italic> with the NHS. In doing so, the paper draws, in part, upon an historical assessment of Revans' Hospital...