Although postmodernism suggests multiple realities, the predominant view of workplace learning is that realities are explainable in terms of competency-based standards, uniform syllabi, and narrow beliefs about how learning should be managed and measured. These practices are linked with image, market share, power, and control in enterprises. (SK)

In this paper it is argued that universities have lost their monopoly on the production and legitimation of knowledge. That workplaces are now sites of "valid" knowledge is a given. The information age affects many aspects of working life and we are now subject to highly automated and computerised systems and networks. This poses a range of…

An assessment of Australia's housing industry determined the level of management skills currently existing in the industry, identified current and future management skills required for the industry, and evaluated current management skill development strategies. Data were collected from the following activities: review of recent literature; study…