Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268645 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Citation: 
[Journal:] Human Resource Planning [ISSN:] 0199-8986 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Human Resource Planning Society [Place:] New York [Year:] 1999 [Pages:] 12-28
Publisher: 
Human Resource Planning Society, New York
Abstract: 
This paper attempts to remedy the inattention heretofore paid to the action project in the work-based learning literature. It begins with the assertion that there can be no substitute for real-time experience in human resource planning and development programs. Action projects afford real-time experience by involving participants in concrete actions typically in their own organization. The projects are designed to have strategic value, thus contributing to or even challenging the goals of their organizational sponsor. While working on their project, participants engage in both individual and collective learning, results deemed as important as the business outcomes of their project intervention. The article goes into considerable detail noting the benefits but also the pitfalls of action projects.
Subjects: 
Action learning
Action project
Facilitation
Learning team
Reflection
Work-based learning
JEL: 
I2
I21
M10
M12
M53
O15
Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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