TY - JOUR AB - Argues that in business, as in medicine, prescription must follow diagnosis if it is to be effective. Reviews the psychological need for certainties in uncertain situations, and the guru industry, based around bestselling books, which suggests generic solutions. Points to action learning as a developmental methodology geared around asking questions, rather than the provision of answers. VL - 10 IS - 3 SN - 1366-5626 DO - 10.1108/13665629810217139 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629810217139 AU - Peters John AU - Smith Peter PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Learn to ask the right questions T2 - Journal of Workplace Learning PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 169 EP - 172 Y2 - 2024/05/06 ER -