Ashridge: Shaping an Integrative Approach to Management Development

Abstract

Proposes a framework for gaining a greater understanding of all types of managerial learning which builds upon Gregory Bateson′s (1973) notions of levels of learning. Goes on to discuss a major emergent issue, which has implications for the everyday realities of course content and design, namely a cyclical view of the learning process. As a means of grounding theory in reality, concludes by exploring the rudiments of a particular Ashridge course, which uses this framework extensively to guide its development. Ultimately, the course is guided by the notion of “individually tailored learning”.

Citation

Beddowes, P. and Wills, S. (1993), "Ashridge: Shaping an Integrative Approach to Management Development", Executive Development, Vol. 6 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/09533239310042385