Training for a smart workforce / edited by Rod Gerber and Colin Lankshear.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerber, Rodney.

Lankshear, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Organizational learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another 'fast capitalist' slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways. Key themes include:* competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* develop

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Megatrends: setting the scene in the changing world of work; Changes in work and social life at the dawn of the twenty-first century; Critical aspects for workplace education; Competence; the basis for a smart workforce; Experience, common sense and expertise in workplace learning; Getting smart around literacy: current social practice, workplaces and the workforce; Pedagogic implications and actions; Performance at work: identifying smart work practice

Workers' texts, identities and learning possibilities in the smart workforceTransfer of learning to strengthen workplace training; Directions; Lifelong and life-broad learning; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64564-3

9786610202614

1-134-64565-1

1-280-20261-0

0-203-45574-6

9780203455746

OCLC:

277655560