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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... skills acquisition', including skills learned informally, is to enhance competitiveness. Indeed, the aim of developing a 'competent' workforce – to compete internationally against emerging 'tiger economies' – Introduction.
... processes are 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.
Unmasking Human Resource Development John Garrick. 'flexible specialisation', 'transferable skills', 'performance appraisals' and 'enterprise objectives'. This cluster of terms constitutes a language in which desired human resource ...
... skill-formation requirements ofthe workforce. These links are meant to enable companies to become more flexible, innovative and competitive. Marginson (1993) expresses strong scepticism of such links, wondering how sensible it is to ...
... skills required for a new job occurs informally, through one person training another . . . and that new skills are being acquired without the legitimation of a formal training period. . . . Although the scope of a job is being extended ...
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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 |