Creating opportunities for continuous development: action learning principles may show the way

Faced with strong competition for govermnent research funds to enable its survival and growth, the School of Business at Swinburne University set in place a number of strategies aimed at changing the old consulting culture into a thriving research and publishing culture. Successful in initiating strategies that have effectively promoted and supported teachers' initial research efforts, it is now time to vigorously engage the academic staff in a process of continuous development as published researchers. It is posited that the conscious application of action learning principles may show the way.