Action Learning at work and in school — Part 1

Abstract

In July 1957, I addressed the Institution of Production Engineers in their annual conference at Harrogate. The theme of the meeting as a whole was Automatic Production: Change and Control, a subject felt to be important for the future of Britain: the country once known as The Workshop of the World. Even in 1957 output per person employed was more than twice as high as that of Japan; but in the 26 years that have since passed, things have changed quite a lot. The particular aspect of productivity about which I was invited to talk was The Analysis of Industrial Behaviour, telling what people do at work. I was asked to develop this subject because I had spent many years in coalmines, factories and hospitals simply recording what those who worked in them seemed to be doing.

Citation

Revans, R. (1983), "Action Learning at work and in school — Part 1", Education + Training, Vol. 25 No. 9, pp. 285-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002110