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Conditions for Employee Learning and Innovation--Interweaving Competence Development Activities Provided by a Workplace Development Programme with Everyday Work Activities in SMEs
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Halvarsson Lundkvist, Agneta; Gustavsson, Maria – Vocations and Learning, 2018
The aim of this article is to investigate how the formal competence development activities provided by the Production Leap, a workplace development programme (WPDP), were interwoven with everyday work activities and to identify the conditions that enabled learning and employee-driven innovation that contributed to production improvement, in small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Workplace Learning, Job Skills
Informal and Formal Learning of General Practitioners
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Spaan, Nadia Roos; Dekker, Anne R. J.; van der Velden, Alike W.; de Groot, Esther – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the influence of formal learning from a web-based training and informal (workplace) learning afterwards on the behaviour of general practitioners (GPs) with respect to prescription of antibiotics. Design/methodology/approach: To obtain insight in various learning processes, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Web Based Instruction, Training, Workplace Learning
Tapping into the "Standing-Reserve": A Comparative Analysis of Workers' Training Programmes in Kolkata and Toronto
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Maitra, Saikat; Maitra, Srabani – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
This paper examines employment-related training programmes offered by state funded agencies and multinational corporations in Toronto (Canada) and Kolkata (India). In recent years both cities have witnessed a rise in the service sector industries aligned with global regimes of flexible work and the consequent reinvention of a worker subject that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Training, Employees
"Training Floors" and "Training Ceilings": Metonyms for Understanding Training Trends
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Felstead, Alan; Jewson, Nick – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
This article outlines a conceptual framework for mapping and understanding training trends. It uses the metonyms of floors and ceilings to distinguish between different types of training configurations. The argument is made that the ups and downs of employer reports of training activity are a crude basis on which to make judgements about the…
Descriptors: Training, Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, National Surveys
Learning without Onboarding: How Assessing and Evaluating Learning Benefits New Information Technology Hires
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Morris, Dory L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Onboarding ensures learning success through sharing and acquiring knowledge to remain competitive. However, little is known about new Information Technology (IT) hires' learning needs in the absence of onboarding; therefore, the purpose of this case study was to examine, increase, and retain their technical knowledge at the Unified Communications…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Knowledge Level, Information Technology
The Effect of Online Systems Analysis Training on Aerospace Industry Business Performance: A Qualitative Study
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Burk, Erlan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Aerospace companies needed additional research on technology-based training to verify expectations when enhancing human capital through online systems analysis training. The research for online systems analysis training provided aerospace companies a means to verify expectations for systems analysis technology-based training on business…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Manufacturing Industry, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education