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

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Wim J. Nijhof and Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis -- The learning potential of the workplace / Wim J. Nijhof and Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis -- Economic perspectives of workplace learning / Andries de Grip -- Why ‘Organisational Factors’ generate workplace learning cultures / David N. Ashton -- Intercultural learning in business and human resource education / Susanne Weber -- Individual and organisational factors in competence acquisition / Dave Bartram and Robert A. Roe -- Relational interdependence as a means to examine work, learning and the (re) making of work as cultural practices / Stephen Billett , Michelle Barker and Ray Smith -- Workplace learning and the micropolitics of knowledge / David Thornton Moore -- Worlds within worlds: the relationship between context and pedagogy inthe workplace / Lorna Unwin , Alan Felstead , Alison Fuller , Nick Jewson , Konstantino Kakavelakis , Tracey Lee and Peter Butler -- Learning processes in caring / Cindy L. Poortman and Wim J. Nijhof -- Evidence-based design of workplace learning / Franck T.L. Blokhuis and Wim J. Nijhof -- 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 / Derk-jan J.M. Nijman , Wim J. Nijhof , Ida A.M. Wognum and Bernard P. Veldkamp -- Conditions for learning motivation in web-based professional training / Patrick Meling and Regina H. Mulder -- Acceptance of e-learning at the workplace; the influence of institutional framework / Heinz Mandl and Oliver Bürg -- Organisational learning as structuration:an analysis of worker-led organisational enquiries in an oil refinery / Nick Boreham -- The assessment of critically reflective work behaviour in organisations / Marianne Van Woerkom -- Modelling and measuring the absorptive capacity of medium-sized output is specified. In 2003, data was collected in empirical research. The enterprises / Jan Waalkens , René J. Jorna and Theo Postma -- Researching routines: innovative lessons from a consultancy firm / Aimée Hoeve and Loek Nieuwenhuis -- Rationales for work-related learning / Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis and Marianne Van Woerkom -- Index / Wim J. Nijhof and Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis.