On-the-Job Learning in the Software Industry : Corporate Culture and the Acquisition of Knowledge

On-the-Job Learning in the Software Industry : Corporate Culture and the Acquisition of Knowledge

Editorial Reviews
Review
“Much use is made of extensive quotations from interview transcripts, which are enjoyable and make the book readable.”–Prometheus
“...I believe that Sack's study is important reading. I found myself at times provoked, intrigued, and enlightened by the world of programming that he describes, and curious about its implications for the world of technical wirting. The book is a fine complement to the more experimental studies in human factors and computer science about novice versus expert programmers and their cognitive strategies and mental models of systems. In addition, it adds the topic of programming-in-context to the growing literature on situated cognition and organizational learning. Finally, it offers a rich source of information that evokes questions relevant to technical communicators.”–Technical Communication Quarterly

Book Description
This book explores the daily work lives and learning experiences of programmers and other professionals in the computer-software industry. The book focuses on the staff of one small software firm, allowing workers to tell their own stories, describing their work and their use of all the resources available to them in learning the complex systems they are required to develop and maintain. Based in qualitative sociological method, it is an ethnography of a business setting as well as a study of learning.

On-the-Job Learning in the Software Industry : Corporate Culture and the Acquisition of Knowledge

On-the-Job Learning in the Software Industry : Corporate Culture and the Acquisition of Knowledge,Marc Sacks,Quorum Books,0899308651,Cognitive styles,Computer Books And Software,Computer Industry (Economic Aspects),Computer software industry,Employee Training And Development,Employees,General,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Learning,Miscellaneous Software,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Training of,United States,Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management

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