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Davidson, Paul; Tsakissiris, Jane; Guo, Yuanyuan – Journal of Learning Design, 2017
This paper explores the implications for learning design in HRM education in the 21st century. An open systems perspective is used to argue the importance of establishing productive relationships between academia, professional associations, regulators and industry (resource inputs) to support the creation of optimal learning environments (the…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Comparative Education, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
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Brown, Tony; Yasukawa, Keiko; Black, Stephen – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
A policy consensus has emerged in Australia that there is a workforce literacy and numeracy crisis, similar to many other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. The study informing this paper examined this framing of crisis by interviewing and observing production workers in three manufacturing companies. Each company was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Literacy Education, Numeracy
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Cumming, Tamara – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to explore the complex interrelations between educators' work environments and their experiences as an entryway for thinking differently about workforce stability and sustainability. Concepts of macro- and micropolitics (drawn from the work of Deleuze and Guattari) are used to explore one educator's experiences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Work Environment
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Pick, David; Teo, Stephen; Yeung, Melissa – Higher Education Quarterly, 2012
The aim of this paper is to assess and conceptualise the effects of new managerialism-related organisational reforms in three Australian public universities on technical, administrative and clerical support staff job stressors and job satisfaction. Using a mixed method approach consisting of a quantitative core component and qualitative…
Descriptors: Universities, Job Satisfaction, Path Analysis, Work Environment
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Coates, Hamish; Goedegebuure, Leo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
This article analyses academic work and the academic workforce in the context of current dynamics and likely futures. It discusses the significance of academic work, reviews workforce characteristics, and analyses tensions and pressures. Prevailing conceptualisations, it is argued, do not reflect the current situation in which the profession finds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trend Analysis, Misconceptions, Work Environment
Norton, Kent; Rafferty, Mike – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
Work practices in the meat-processing industry have changed in recent years. The industry has moved away from workers dressing a whole carcass towards a chain-based system, with each worker performing a single task along a moving production line. The nature of the meat-processing workforce has also changed. It is no longer dominated by seasonal…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Food Processing Occupations, On the Job Training, Supervision
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Sloan, Julie – Australian Library Journal, 2008
Library and Information Services (LIS) providers are vulnerable in the current war for talent. They need to work collaboratively to develop accurate workforce data so they can retain and recruit the right people. In South Australia, the issue has a level of urgency above other States as the demographic is skewed to older workers. Organisations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Services, Older Workers, Library Services
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Reich, Ann – Studies in Continuing Education, 2008
Much had been written over the past few years on the intersections of work and learning. This article suggests that the analysis of the intersections of work and learning can benefit greatly from understanding the ways in which governing workers as individuals and populations has changed in Western liberal democracies in the latter part of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Continuing Education, Labor Force Development
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Poell, Rob F.; Van der Krogt, Ferd J.; Vermulst, A. A.; Harris, Roger; Simons, Michele – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2006
Informal workplace trainers help employees learn what they need to know and do in order to get their job done. Little is known about the actions of informal workplace trainers, who may be colleagues or supervisors. This study provides an empirical basis for actions undertaken by informal workplace trainers. A total of 350 Australian enterprises…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Job Skills, Foreign Countries, On the Job Training
Johnston, Robyn; Hawke, Geof – 2002
Researchers examined the way selected Australian organizations understand and enact the notion of a learning culture. The diverse approaches that have been used to foster the learning cultures revealed through the case studies confirmed that the concept of a culture of learning was not a homogenous one. The study revealed that embedding a culture…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Johnston, Robyn – 1999
Despite increased attention to learning within the workplace and investigation into the distribution and nature of learning-related activities, how these trends have impacted the role of human resource (HR) professionals has been less extensively examined. Studies examining their role indicate that HR development (HRD) positions name traditional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Learmonth, Anne – 1993
This guide, which is intended for human resources personnel, industry trainers, educators working in industry, and others interested in learning in the workplace, presents practical guidelines for maximizing the benefits of learning on the job by creating an effective learning environment in the workplace. Discussed in the introduction are key…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
Stevens, Paul – 1990
All employees are influenced by career management actions at each step of their career. The responsibility for career planning rests with the individual, whereas the responsibility for career development support should be the employer's: career management is a shared decision. Career planning training helps employees to analyze their interests and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning, Decision Making
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on organizational culture and climate that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "A Comparative Profile of Workgroup Climate in Different Organizational Settings" (Allan H. Church) reports on a comparative analysis of climate data on more than 5,000…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cambodians, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
Welton, Michael – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, The Changing Workplace: Part B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document constructs a framework for exploring the concept of the workplace as a learning environment that is in fact the primary school for adult learning and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies
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