The learning potential of the workplace / / Wim J. Nijhof, Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis.

• VerfasserIn: Nijhof, Wim J., 1941-; Nieuwenhuis, A. F. M., 1954-
• TeilnehmendeR: Nieuwenhuis, A. F. M., 1954-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; The learning potential of the workplace /; Economic perspectives of workplace learning /; Why ‘Organisational Factors’ generate workplace learning cultures /; Intercultural learning in business and human resource education /; Individual and organisational factors in competence acquisition /; Relational interdependence as a means to examine work, learning and the (re) making of work as cultural practices /; Workplace learning and the micropolitics of knowledge /; Worlds within worlds: the relationship between context and pedagogy inthe workplace /; Learning processes in caring /; Evidence-based design of workplace learning /; A systemic exploration of the effects of managerial support on transfer of to develop new skills and knowledge that are expected to be applied on their return training /; Conditions for learning motivation in web-based professional training /; Acceptance of e-learning at the workplace; the influence of institutional framework /; Organisational learning as structuration:an analysis of worker-led organisational enquiries in an oil refinery /; The assessment of critically reflective work behaviour in organisations /; Modelling and measuring the absorptive capacity of medium-sized output is specified. In 2003, data was collected in empirical research. The enterprises /; Researching routines: innovative lessons from a consultancy firm /; Rationales for work-related learning /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281971685; 9786611971687; 9087903723
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Wim J. Nijhof, Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis.

In our research programme “The Learning Potential of the Workplace” we set the task to analyse, describe and explain the conditions of the workplace as a tool for learning. Learning potential is for some experts an individual asset, others see the learning potential in the external conditions in work and work processes; again others see it in the reflection on action by peers, colleagues and experts. Some results are disappointing when the belief is that workplace learning might be the panacea for all life long learning problems; some results are hopeful for those who belief that the workplace is one of the potential places where people can learn specific competencies. The selection of chapters in this volume represent different opinions, visions and methodology to study workplace learning and the effects. The focus is on vocational education and human resource development, so workplace learning as a means to socialize youngsters in work organisations on their way to professionals and workplace learning as means to work, to innovate, to do maintenance work, and to create knowledge.