HOW DOES ACTION LEARNING THEORY SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT?

Abstract

In businesses all across the world, action learning has quickly emerged as one of the most important and effective methods for growing management and leadership. The long-term goals of action learning include participation, group replication, and knowledge acquisition. Peer groups frequently convene under the guidance of seasoned moderators.  In order to generate original solutions to challenging issues that may be implemented, participants include real-world difficulties into the discussion.  This review study set out to find out how action learning theory affected the development of leadership. After determining the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 10 published publications were selected. The research's conclusions indicate that using the action learning theory is crucial to a leader's growth. Action learning theory has the ability to develop leadership skills in individuals owing to its systematic and problem-based learning method. Based on the study's findings, it is advised that businesses use action learning to grow their leaders and improve organizational performance.