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Participative Work Design in Lean Production: A Strategy for Dissolving the Paradox between Standardized Work and Team Proactivity by Stimulating Team Learning?
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Lantz, Annika; Hansen, Niklas; Antoni, Conny – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore job design mechanisms that enhance team proactivity within a lean production system where autonomy is uttermost restricted. We propose and test a model where the team learning process of building shared meaning of work mediates the relationship between team participative decision-making, inter team…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Participative Decision Making, Manufacturing Industry
Learning in a Chaotic Environment
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Goldman, Ellen; Plack, Margaret; Roche, Colleen; Smith, Jeffrey; Turley, Catherine – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how, when, and why emergency medicine residents learn while working in the chaotic environment of a hospital emergency room. Design/methodology/approach: This research used a qualitative interview methodology with thematic data analysis that was verified with the entire population of learners.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Health Facilities, Hospitals, Emergency Programs
Safety in Operating Theatres: Improving Teamwork through Team Resource Management
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Bleakley, Alan; Hobbs, Adrian; Boyden, James; Walsh, Linda – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2004
Work in progress is reported for a research project aiming to improve multiprofessional teamworking in operating theatres through iterative educational intervention. Experimental design is combined with collaborative inquiry. The hypothesis is: will planned, complex educational intervention focused upon improving communication in teamwork lead to…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Surgery, Health Personnel, Interpersonal Communication
Valuing the Adult Learner in E-Learning: Part One--A Conceptual Model for Corporate Settings
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Waight, Consuelo L.; Stewart, Barbara L. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: To illustrate how the interdependence among four championing factors, five antecedents, and four moderators affect companies' efforts in valuing the adult learner in e-learning. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review was conducted to identify the championing factors, antecedents, and moderators that can assist teams in designing…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Needs Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Task Analysis