Global Centre for Work-Applied Learning (GCWAL) empowers managers and their teams as well as organisations to implement change and to undertake practitioner research using the Work-Applied Learning (WAL) model.

GCWAL's change programmes are specifically designed for middle, senior and top managers and their teams. Each programme uses our consultative WAL process to achieve change, whether at an individual, team or organisational level. All programmes are delivered with inbuilt support from experienced GCWAL Programme Advisors.

Benjamin Franklin said: "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." The WAL model requires managers, leaders and entrepreneurs to not only learn relevant business and management concepts but actually apply them in real-life Work-Applied Change projects — embedding learning that can be applied in other contexts.

The WAL model resulted from the innovative work and research of GCWAL's founder, Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham, who also founded the Australian Institute of Business. WAL is an extension of the Work-Based Learning process Professor Abraham has been investigating with managers and researchers since 1979.

Practitioner Research at GCWAL is an ongoing service offering for organisations, institutions and relevant associations — resulting in seminars, conferences, and publications including the Scopus-indexed Journal of Work-Applied Management.

Vision

To empower people to learn for change.

Mission

To develop people to learn for change using Work-Based Learning and Work-Applied Learning.

Values
  • Continuous research and development to sustain innovative approaches to change
  • Excellence through focus on innovation, quality and continuous improvement
  • Responsive to stakeholders' needs with customised creative solutions
  • Commitment to integrity and transparency in all our dealings
  • Supportive environment for our internal and external customers

40 Years of WAL History

A concise summary of the people, clients, practitioners, and publications behind the model

GCWAL is built on a long history of practice in management development, accreditation, consulting, and practitioner research. The model grew from real client work, then matured through publications, programmes, and long-term relationships with organisations and practitioners.

At the centre of that story are Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham and Dr Param Abraham. Selva shaped the Work-Applied Learning model through research and practice. Param helped build the institutional discipline around it, with a focus on accreditation, quality assurance, and delivery.

The People Behind WAL

Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham

Emeritus Prof Selva Abraham

Founder Chairman · PhD in Management · Master of Business Administration

Emeritus Professor Selva Abraham is the Founder Chairman of the Global Centre for Work-Applied Learning (GCWAL). He is also the Founder of and Emeritus Professor at the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) and was a Visiting Professor at Leeds Trinity University and an Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University.

For more than 40 years, his consulting and research focus has been on Work-Based Learning, which he extended into the concept of Work-Applied Learning working with private, public, and community organisations.

Dr Param Abraham

Dr Param Abraham

Managing Principal · Bachelor of Laws · Master of Laws · Doctor of Professional Studies · Chartered Secretary

Param has more than 30 years experience in accreditation and quality assurance for the Australian Institute of Business and GCWAL, working closely with senior executives and the Board.

Her doctoral research examined the Work-Applied Learning model in the context of developing quality assurance processes in higher education.

Proof in Practice

A long record of clients, programmes, and applied research

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