/* Please refer to readme.html for full Instructions Text[...]=[title,text] Style[...]=[TitleColor,TextColor,TitleBgColor,TextBgColor,TitleBgImag,TextBgImag,TitleTextAlign,TextTextAlign, TitleFontFace, TextFontFace, TipPosition, StickyStyle, TitleFontSize, TextFontSize, Width, Height, BorderSize, PadTextArea, CoordinateX , CoordinateY, TransitionNumber, TransitionDuration, TransparencyLevel ,ShadowType, ShadowColor] */ var FiltersEnabled = 0 // if your not going to use transitions or filters in any of the tips set this to 0 Text[0]=["Action Learning in Practice","Action Learning is the brain-child of Professor Reginald (Reg) Revans. Revans believed that management was a practical subject carried out by practical people in the real world of work. Not an academic subject to be taught by University Professors who, in the main had never been inside a real work place.

This book explains the philosophy of Action Learning and describes the various models that have been developed and their applications. It provides an objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the various options and examines how Action Learning can help in today’s world to develop organisations and their people. Finally it offers reference information for those who would like to learn more including an article published by the author.

We hope that you will find the publication useful and will be happy to help interested readers with further information or specific programme design"] Text[1]=["Own Job Action Learning","Own Job Action Learning is the simplest and most cost effective form of Action Learning. In this from it provides a development opportunity for individuals using their own job as the learning vehicle.

There are two main types of programme, in company programmes and inter company programmes. In Company programmes are most appropriate for larger organisations with enough people to sponsor their own programme. Inter company programmes are more suitable for groups of smaller companies.

This book explains how Own Job Action Learning programmes work and leads the reader through the creation of their own programme.

"] Text[2]=["In-Plant Action Learning","In-Plant Action Learning is the simplest and most cost effective form of Action Learning. In this from It provides a development opportunity for individuals using their own job as the learning vehicle. There are two main types of programme, in company programmes that are most appropriate for larger organisations with enough people to sponsor their own programme and inter company programmes which are more suitable for smaller companies.

This book is explains how the process works and leads the reader through the developing and running their own programme.

'Managerial effectiveness is determined not by the clever things managers don't know but by the simple things they don't do'"] Text[3]=["Re-Engineering the Workplace","This book is based on the experience of running a series of Productivity Improvement programmes in the Czech Republic. The aim of the programmes was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Japanese productivity optimisation techniques by helping line managers in Czech companies to use these techniques to improve the performance of their companies.

As part of their training participants were introduced to the JIT© and the Kaizen drivers, some parts of which were used in the different projects. These tools are already known and widely used. What are not so well know however are the concepts of OHE (Overall Human Effectiveness) and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) which are used to measure both the actual and potential productivity of any given process. This book explains these tools, provides examples of how they are used in practice and highlights the real value of being able to put quantitative measures on potential and actual productivity in the work place.

The techniques outlined in this book enable managements to understand the real potential of their resources and to put in place programmes to utilise those resources that would otherwise be wasted. "] Text[4]=["KAIZEN Tools","KAIZEN in Japanese meaning small continuous improvements.

This audit provides a means of assessing how well an organisation is doing in terms of the five key drivers of KAIZEN, Visual Control, Total Productivity Maintenance, Quality Circles, Cross Functional Teams and Waste Weeding. "] Text[5]=["In-Plant Teams Participants Guide","This manual is designed to provide participants in In-Plant action Learning programmes with an understanding of the philosophy, a framework for working on their projects and an explanation of the Coordinator, Facilitator and Client roles. It is intended to support the introductory training of the groups and the facilitator training which follows. "] Text[6]=["Example Core Competency Development Programme","This material consists of two examples of Core Competency Development programmes. The first is a simple agenda and refers is the programme linked to the Core Competency Assessment materials which can be found under Audits and Assessments. The second programme, which was developed for a Public Sector organisation contains both the competencies and the training materials."] Text[7]=["Communication Skills Survey","This is a simple audit which measures an individuals perception of their strengths and weaknesses in the area of interpersonal communication. We have used this mainly on interpersonal skills training programmes. The assessment is completed individually and results are shared with the group. Strengths and weakness are discussed with the group and agreed weakness used as areas for improvement (AFI’s) during the workshop."] Text[8]=["Company Wide Communication","This is a organisation wide survey designed to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the various aspects of company wide communications as they impact job performance. The survey highlights communication problems both in terms of the types of communication and the effectiveness of communication in the different work areas. We have used it mainly with larger organisations where there were issues with productivity and employee motivation."] Text[9]=["Emotional Intelligence","This questionnaire measures seven characteristics of emotional intelligence, the degree to which we are able to manage our emotions. It is in three parts, a questionnaire, a scoring sheet in Excel. We have used this to explore the different perceptions in the manager / subordinate relationship and found it very useful for helping users to explore their relationships."] Text[10]=["Management HR Partnership","Managers are, in the main promoted because of their technical expertise, their ability to do the job. The problem with this is that many of them continue to do the job rather than managing others to do it. Our experience shows that in organisations where there is a partnership between Human Resource Management professionals and line managers professionally people are motivated to create productive work places."] Text[11]=["Motivation Survey Personal","This survey is designed to help managers to understand the factors motivating people at work and that these factors change with circumstances. What is important to an individual today will be less important in different circumstances. Thus all job need to offer a range of ‘motivating factors’ if people are to find them satisfying in the medium term.
The survey can be used with work groups to develop understanding or at adepartmental or organisational level where managers would like to assess job satisfaction."] Text[12]=["General Audit Larger Organisations","This is a total, business audit designed to provide a complete overview of how the organisation is performing against ’best practice’ and highlight the issues, which if resolved, will have the most beneficial impact on the organisations performance. The audit, which is in seven parts, covers the main organisational functions and was developed by a specialist in each field. The audit in its current form is most suited to the assessment of large to medium size production and service organisations. This is a very useful product for anyone involved in analysing organisational effectiveness. Note. Example reports produced from this audit are available on request."] Text[13]=["Core Competency Assessmet","This is a three-part audit, designed to provide feedback on core competencies to managers involved in a competency development programme. It should be seen as an example of how this can be done, not a definitive work as the competencies used reflect the specific competencies required by the employing organisation. The audits are completed and analysed prior to the workshop and the results evaluated against actual performance during the development workshop. The outcome of the workshop is a three-month self-development project using the Own Job Action Learning model; please see the section on Training Materials for an example programme"] Text[14]=["Managing Systems Audit","Managing systems are the procedures that organisations put in place in order to encourage managers to adopt a participative style of management. There are nine key managing procedures which, together, when properly employed, deliver a participative, productive environment. This audit provides a means of assessing if the nine procedures are in place, if yes how well they are being deployed and if they are producing the desired results."] Text[15]=["Motivational Survey Workplace","If we don’t know, we make assumptions and these assumptions are usually worse than the reality. To be positively motivated people need a regular supply of relevant information delivered in an appropriate way by the person responsible. This survey is designed to measure the four key driver of motivation in the workplace; task, personal, departmental and Organisational information and provides managements with an objective assessment of how well they are satisfying these needs. The survey is designed to be done at a departmental or organisational level and can easily be analysed using an Excel Spreadsheet to produce visual outputs, see example report attached."] Text[16]=["PAC Audit","The following questionnaire is designed to provide you with feedback on your natural approach to relationships. It uses the Eric Berne, Parent, Adult, Child model and will help you identify where your natural style and where your effectiveness could be increased by a change of style. There are no right or wrong answers to this questionnaire, you can benefit most by being open and seeing what you can learn from the feedback."] Text[17]=["3S Audit Score Sheet Basic","This audit is part of the 5’s process, see our Kaizen Manual under books. It is designed to evaluate the current status of a workshop that is being prepared for 5’s. The audit would normally be used with shop floor workers to raise their awareness of the 5’s process."] Text[18]=["3S Audit Score Sheet Office","This audit is part of the 5’s process; see our Kaizen Manual under books. It is designed to evaluate the current status of an office that is being prepared for 5’s. The audit would normally be used with office workers to raise their awareness of the 5’s process."] Text[19]=["Communicating For success","This book provides an overview of the key components of effective interpersonal communication together with learning processes and tools involved in becoming a professional. It is intended to be used in conjunction with our series of ‘self development’ books covering the essential skills of effective communicators.
"] Text[20]=["Interviewing Skills","This book is designed to help you develop your interviewing skills. It is one of a series of seven self-books designed to help readers develop interpersonal communication skills. This material enables you to:

We also include Tips on Becoming a Competent Interviewer and Barriers to effective interviewing. Being able to interview others is a key skill for everyone with the ambition to develop successful interpersonal relationships."] Text[21]=["Presenting Professionally","This book is one in a series of seven books, which focus on helping users to optimise their interpersonal communication skills. The book uses the Action Learning philosophy to enable readers to develop their presentation skills. It is one of a series of seven ‘self development’ books covering the essential skills of effective communication created by ALA International and is based on our thirty years experience of working around the world helping managers to optimise their communication skills.
This book enables you to:It also includes:"] Text[22]=["Managing Difficult Relationships","All of us experience difficulties with our relationships from time to time. There are two main reasons why relationships become difficult, sometimes its ‘style’ the way I want to do something is different from the way you want to do it and sometimes its substance, you and I want something different. This book explains why we have ‘style’ issues and provides a ‘framework’ for negotiating win / win solutions to both style and substance problems.
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