This vignette describes the limits of adventure training, highlighting the experience of a team of trainees whose doubts about their leader were reinforced when he, during a training exercise, became terrified and starting crying. Question: Given the criticisms of adventure learning, as an HR why do you think it remains an attractive option to some? Would you want to participate in one of these training programs? Why or why not?

This vignette describes the limits of adventure training, highlighting the experience of a team of trainees whose doubts about their leader were reinforced when he, during a training exercise, became terrified and starting crying. Question: Given the criticisms of adventure learning, as an HR why do you think it remains an attractive option to some? Would you want to participate in one of these training programs? Why or why not?

Management, Loose-Leaf Version

13th Edition

ISBN:9781305969308

Author:Richard L. Daft

Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter12: Managing Human Talent

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