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Johnsson, Mary C.; Boud, David – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to challenge models of workplace learning that seek to isolate or manipulate a limited set of features to increase the probability of learning. Such models typically attribute learning (or its absence) to individual engagement, manager expectations or organizational affordances and are therefore at least implicitly…
Descriptors: Learning, Employees, Systems Approach, Case Studies
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McGee, Heather M.; Diener, Lori H. – Behavior Modification, 2010
This article provides a behavioral systems approach to improve operational performance in health and human service organizations. This article provides six performance truths that are relevant to any organization and a case study from a community mental health network of agencies. A comprehensive analysis, as described here, will help health and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Human Services, Public Agencies, Behavior
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on standards and certification in human resource development (HRD). "Implementing Management Standards in the UK" (Jonathan Winterton, Ruth Winterton) reports on a study that explored the implementation of management standards in 16 organizations and identified 36 key themes and…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies