Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource DevelopmentRoutledge, 6. 12. 2012 - 224 strán (strany) Informal learning has become an extremely important issue as post-industrial workplaces seek to harness its productive potential. Managers and HRD practitioners have attempted to deploy informal learning in the design of corporate cultures, however, most discussions of the subject have tended to be uncritical expositions which do not challenge the underlying economic, philosophical and organisational rationale. Uniquely, this book goes against this tendency. It critically examines definitions of informal learning, and focuses on its application in a variety of workplace contexts. It features: * theories of informal learning Incorporating case studies based on interviews with practising managers and HRM practitioners, and a detailed glossary of key concepts and issues, this book will be a valuable reference for students of workplace learning. |
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... convenient to assess and amenable to the instrumental requirements of 'flexible specialisation', 'transferable skills', 'performance appraisals' and 'enterprise objectives'. This What is informal learning in the workplace? 3.
... performance appraisals' and 'enterprise objectives'. This cluster of terms constitutes a language in which desired human resource products are highly-trained, flexible and competent. It is the dominant language of 'human resource ...
... performance on the other – capability, competence, total quality management (TQM), empowerment, self-direction, learning organisations, and so on. Economic and instrumental rationality are at the heart of the knowledge frameworks ...
... performance indicators, become valorised. If something cannot be shown to be effective, it becomes dubious. Dubious corporate overheads are not carried for long in the postmodern world. A contemporary epistemology of HRD practice is ...
... performance in a range of industries are perceived by the various national governments, unions and industry leaders as significant concerns for standards ofliving for future generations. It is precisely this language which is prevalent ...
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Unmasking the language of HRD | 38 |
4 The hidden curriculum of learning at work | 60 |
5 Professional identity and selfregulation at work | 81 |
6 The performativity principle in informal learning | 101 |
7 Retheorising informal workplace learning | 124 |
Postscript | 151 |
The research methods | 161 |
Glossary | 169 |
Bibliography | 182 |
Index | 199 |
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Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development John Garrick Obmedzený náhľad - 2012 |
Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development John Garrick Obmedzený náhľad - 1998 |
Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development John Garrick Obmedzený náhľad - 1998 |