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Manuti, Amelia; Impedovo, Maria Antonietta; De Palma, Pasquale Davide – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of communities of practice in organizations and their most beneficial effects for both individual and collective development. Design/Methodology/Approach: Based on a literature review, from the first authoritative texts by Lave and Wenger until the most recent critiques, the paper has…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Human Capital, Communities of Practice, Individual Development
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Luciana Mourão; Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a training and development (T&D) evaluation model that includes new societal indicators, considering the growing demand to do so. Three complementary studies were done. Study I used a framework for T&D evaluation that includes societal impact in it. Study II investigated which levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Professional Training, Teachers
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Fojt, Martin; Parkinson, Stephen; Peters, John; Sandelands, Eric – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how a medium sized business has addressed what it has termed a "push-pull" method of management and organization development, based around an action learning approach. Design/methodology/approach: The paper sets out a methodology that other SMEs might look to replicate in their management and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Needs Assessment, Resource Allocation, Organizational Development