WAL Publications offers a range of innovative and ground-breaking publications that specialise in the niche areas of Work-Applied Learning (WAL), Work-Based Learning, Action Research, and Practitioner Research.
Published Books
Developing Managers as Practitioner Researchers
In "Developing Managers as Practitioner Researchers," Professor Selva Abraham presents a transformative guide for managers aspiring to become practitioner researchers capable of driving meaningful change within their organizations. The change process uses the Work-Applied Learning (WAL) model, a robust framework that integrates action research, action learning, and reflective practice to empower managers in addressing complex workplace challenges.
Work-Applied Learning for Change Leaders
This book by Professor Selva Abraham is a blend of the concepts, process and practice of Work-Applied Learning (WAL). Professor Abraham has incorporated his ideas on the conceptual basis of this approach with the experience of fellow researchers and senior executives in organisations in Australia and other parts of the world. Accordingly, this book shifts the reader from unawareness to awareness of the WAL model.
Exploratory Action Research Method: A Case Study for Research Candidates and Supervisors
This book is an amalgamation of two previous releases by GCWAL's Chairman, Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham. The study described in this book was the subject of Professor Abraham's PhD thesis and was conducted more than twenty years ago, focusing on a management training and development programme for Indigenous community leaders in Port Lincoln. It provides a step-by-step approach for supervisors of postgraduate students in how to conduct a study using the Action Research method.
Efficient and Effective Research
This book will be the foundation of a research career inside and outside universities, in a modern world where efficiency and effectiveness are increasingly emphasised. Part A aims to help readers write their thesis and journal articles in an efficient way; it can be used for both quantitative and qualitative research reports. Part B presents steps in three qualitative social science research methodologies: case, interview and action research.
Action Research Characteristics in a Work-Applied Learning for Change Context
Drawing from his long experience, first in management development and then education, Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham demonstrates the value of this approach. The Action Research characteristics defined in this book have emerged from a journey of enlightenment through research, application, research supervision, critical reflection, and refinement. The outcome of this journey are twelve key constituent characteristics of Action Research in the Work-Applied Learning for change context.
Exploratory Action Research for Manager Development
This book is a study of how an exploratory Action Research method was developed and justified in the design and implementation of a management training and development program. It provides a review of the literature on Action Research method and Management Training and Development and identifies a gap in the existing literature. Abraham illustrates Action Research methodology from his own PhD study working with the indigenous community leaders in Port Lincoln South Australia.
Board Management Training for Indigenous Community Leaders Using Action Research
This book contains a case study which describes in detail the processes that took place whilst a management training and development programme was designed and implemented for indigenous community leaders. The approach used in both design and implementation was the Action Research method. It is invaluable to Management Training and Development practitioners, especially those working with indigenous community leaders.
Journal of Work-Applied Management
The Journal of Work-Applied Management is an online journal for experts to share their findings and theories on work-applied management research. It serves as "an authoritative source of work-applied management research findings for both academics and practitioners."
Founded in 2008 as the Gibaran Journal of Applied Management and renamed in 2015, the journal publishes peer-reviewed academic articles alongside case studies demonstrating practical workplace applications.
Content Focus
- • Work-Applied Learning (WAL)
- • Work-Based Learning (WBL)
- • Reflective Practice
- • Organisational Learning & Knowledge Management
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