Workplace learning in context / edited by Helen Rainbird, Alison Fuller and Anne Munro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rainbird, Helen.

Fuller, Alison.

Munro, Anne, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Training of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As policy makers increasingly focus on workplace learning as a way of improving organizational performance, the debate about the learning organization has grown. Counterbalancing the often over-optimistic assumptions made about the future of work and learning, this book argues that without a contextualized analysis of the field, our understanding of the learning environment is limited. It reconsiders the true role and nature of workplace learning in context.Grounded in original research, the book features case studies which illuminate how the workplace environment can provide both ba

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction and overview; The context of workplace learning; The political economy of workplace learning; The employment relationship and workplace learning; Work organization, 'fields of activities' and workers' competence: the case of Italian small firms; The context of learning in professional work environments: insights from the accountancy profession; The assessment of workers' 'basic skills': a critique based on evidence from the United States, Canada and England

The workplace as a learning environmentLearning through work: workplace participatory practices; Expansive learning environments: integrating organizational and personal development; The new generation of expertise: seven theses; Supporting learning in advanced supply systems in the automotive and aerospace industries; Skills, knowledge and the workplace; Conceptualizing vocational knowledge: some theoretical considerations; Transfer of knowledge between education and workplace settings; Learner biographies: exploring tacit dimensions of knowledge and skills

The conceptualization and measurement of learning at workThe complexities of workplace learning: problems and dangers in trying to measure attainment; Research and policy; Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? The struggle over new policy for workforce development in England; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-37411-9

1-134-37412-7

1-280-01993-X

0-203-57164-9

0-203-34805-2

OCLC:

54662914