Title: Performance and efficacies in project-based action learning teams

Authors: Kris M.Y. Law, K.B. Chuah

Addresses: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PRC; Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. ' Department of Manufacturing Engineering, and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PRC

Abstract: This paper presents the empirical data obtained from a four-year case study on the implementation of a Project-Based Action Learning (PAL) framework. The study explores the correlation between performance and the various actors within the PAL setting. It extends the research on team learning and Organisational Learning (OL) beyond its boundaries through a four-year study in a real case company. The anticipated impacts of this research are twofold: to justify how a PAL approach is used as an OL driver and explore the various actors in the PAL setting who contribute to the PAL team|s performance.

Keywords: organisational learning; project-based action learning; PAL; team learning; collective efficacy; electronic components industry; Hong Kong; China; teamwork.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2010.029470

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2010 Vol.7 No.1, pp.1 - 13

Published online: 30 Nov 2009 *

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