Learning in Organizations: Complexities and Diversities
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Book Description
Learning in Organizations focuses on the issues of diversity in the context of organizational learning. It examines those diversities present in organizations among learners and the diverse learning contexts that are present both within and between organizations. In order for learning to be effective and efficient these diversities must be acknowledged and addressed in the learning design process.
The authors identify the challenges that diversities present and demonstrate how to organize and implement learning in relation to the workplace. They show that there are no generic solutions to diversity issues and offer context specific solutions to the dilemmas and issues that diversities present. This is essential reading for all those studying human resource management and development and anyone involved in learning in organizations.
About the Author
Eugene Sadler-Smith is currently Professor of Management Development and Organisational Behaviour at the School of Management at University of Surrey, UK. He has researched the issues of human resource development in a range of contexts but with a particular consideration for cognitive styles, learning styles, HRD in smaller firms and the use of technology based learning methods. His research has been published widely in leading peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, Organization Studies, Journal of Organisational Behavior, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Management Learning, Human Resource Development International, Personality and Individual Differences, International Journal of Selection and Assessment and the British Journal of Educational Technology. Prior to becoming an academic he was a senior training designer with British Gas plc.
Peter Smith is Senior Lecturer in Professional Education and Training at Deakin University in Australia. He has been editor or co-author for four previous books in the fields of distance education and cultural diversity, and has published some twenty reviewed papers in journals and edited books. His research has been published in peer reviewed journals such as Distance Education, Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Instructional Science, Personnel Review, Education and Training, Industrial and Commercial Training, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, American Review of Educational Research, British Journal of Educational Technology and Psychological Reports.
Learning in Organizations: Complexities and Diversities,Peter J. Smith,Eugene Sadler-Smith,Routledge,0415356040,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Education,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Organizational Behavior,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior,Business & Management
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