Project action learning (PAL) guidebook: practical learning in organizations

It is a sure sign of Action Learning’s vitality and innovation when new approaches and acronym designations need to be distinguished. Such is the case of the book under review, edited by two academic-practitioners, one from Hong Kong’s City University, Department of Systems Engineering, and the other from Australia’s Deakin University, School of Engineering. Their five other contributing co-authors are based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and are from a college of management, and companies from consulting, investment, and technology. Project Action Learning (PAL) evolved from what one of the editors previously referred to as ‘Practical Learning: Project Based Learning’. It should be made clear from the start that ‘PAL’ has no relation to ‘positive action learning or PAL’ developed by Jeff Gold, and then with Alaa Garad in their recent book, ‘The Learning-Driven Business: How to Develop an Organizational Learning System’ reviewed by Mike Pedler in this journal.