Workplace Learning in Context

ISBN 10: 0415316308 / ISBN 13: 9780415316309

Published by Routledge, 2004

About this Item

Combines a critical analysis of the organizational and employment context of workplace learning with an understanding of theories of learning. It brings new ideas and an understanding of the social context of the workplace. Editor(s): Munro, Anne; Rainbird, Helen; Fuller, Alison. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNRV; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656. . 2004. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Workplace Learning in Context
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415316308
• ISBN 13: 9780415316309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As policy makers increasingly focus on workplace learning as a way of improving organizational performance, the debate about the learning organization has grown. Counterbalancing the often over-optimistic assumptions made about the future of work and learning, this book argues that without a contextualized analysis of the field, our understanding of the learning environment is limited. It reconsiders the true role and nature of workplace learning in context.

Grounded in original research, the book features case studies which illuminate how the workplace environment can provide both barriers to and opportunities for learning. It explores learning in different organizational contexts and different countries, sectors, types of public and private sector organization, and by different occupational groups. This multi-disciplinary approach provides a coherent perspective of the institutional, organizational and pedagogical contexts of workplace learning, and as a result, policy-makers, trainers, trade unionists and educators alike will welcome this groundbreaking text, as it gives the intellectual tools required to understand how learning in the workplace can be improved.

About the Author

Helen Rainbird is Professor of Industrial Relations at University College, Northampton and an Associate Fellow at the Industrial Relations Research Unit at the University of Warwick.
Alison Fuller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester.
Anne Munro is a Reader at the School of Management at Napier University.