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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... assessment than many strategic planners in industry, and in education communities, may have hoped. Indeed, an aim of ... assessing' the informal learning of individuals. The subtle power of the informal suggests that there are more ...
... ' 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?
... assess or measure it. The discourses that shape informal learning Contemporary HRD knowledge frameworks are unashamedly linked to market economics. It is the master discourse of market economics which gives the cues to the sub ...
... assessment methods. Associated with the training reforms is a 'master discourse' about economic imperatives (Marginson 1997) including the need to seek greater productivity and competitiveness in the workplace. In the US, Britain ...
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2 Theorising informal learning | 15 |
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 |