Improving teamworking competence through action learning. Experiences in operations management education

Cristina Garcia-Palao, Maria J. Oltra-Mestre and Paul Coughlan

Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2019, vol. 16, issue 3, 205-222

Abstract: Teamworking competence is essential in many operations management environments and can be developed through formal education and practice-based experiences. The main objective of this paper is to describe and to reflect on how to facilitate students in their development in teamworking competence through action learning in Operations Management education. The research design is built around action learning research undertaken by faculty members enquiring into student action learning cycles. What emerges is an understanding of a contingent connection between the classic Tuckman teamworking stages and educator interventions where the nature and timing of the interventions differ as the team evolves.These new practice-based insights illustrate the co-development of students’ teamworking competence and educators’ capability to facilitate learning in action about teamworking. They can be used as a guide for educators and practitioners involved in the development of teamworking competence to design and implement an action learning-based educational initiative.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/14767333.2019.1655391

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