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Smith, Andrew; Courvisanos, Jerry; Tuck, Jacqueline; McEachern, Steven – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This report examines the link between human resource management practices and innovation. It is based on a conceptual framework in which "human resource stimuli measures"--work organisation, working time, areas of training and creativity--feed into innovative capacity or innovation. Of course, having innovative capacity does not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Creativity, Human Capital
Smith, Andrew; Courvisanos, Jerry; Tuck, Jacqueline; McEachern, Steven – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Building the Capacity to Innovate: The Role of Human Capital," and is an added resource for further information. This document contains the following appendices: (1) Survey methodology; (2) Synopsis of the literature; (3) Interview questions; and (4) Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Literature Reviews
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Malik, Ashish – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that drive a firm's decision to invest in training in India's IT-enabled services/business process outsourcing (ITeS/BPO) sector. It aims to consider a much-neglected area and an often-cited need to consider external factors, especially the needs of an organisation's clients in a firm's…
Descriptors: Observation, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Training
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Ford, Randal – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational practice to investigate what insights could be gained to support and extend existing theory. Design/methodology/approach: Adopts a clinical approach, e.g. not a priori or an academic one where data are mangled to fit a theoretical stance. Findings: Data analysis reveals four…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Work Environment, Organizational Development, Human Resources
Guthrie, Hugh; Clayton, Berwyn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This paper focuses on issues which affect the capability of technical and further education (TAFE) providers to meet their clients' and stakeholders' needs and draws extensively on the reports of the consortium research program which examined ways to help build vocational education and training (VET) provider and workforce capability. The paper…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Human Resources, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education
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Jakubik, Maria – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: How people learn and create knowledge together through interactions in communities of practice (CoPs) is not fully understood. The purpose of this paper is to create and apply a model that could increase participants' consciousness about knowledge creation processes. Design/methodology/approach: This four-month qualitative research was…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Action Research, Social Environment, Communities of Practice
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Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of a sample of Lebanese organizations vis-a-vis some of the core learning organization dimensions identified in the literature, focusing specifically on those dimensions that are considered most salient and relevant in the Lebanese context. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Questionnaires, Measurement, Factor Analysis
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Voronov, Maxim – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to add to the emerging literatures on organizational learning and strategic management by developing a practice perspective on strategic organizational learning (SOL). While the literature on SOL has been growing, much of it has targeted exclusively practitioners and has not yet elaborated the mechanics and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Urban Universities, Educational Change, Politics
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Carliner, Saul; Legassie, Regan; Belding, Shaun; MacDonald, Hugh; Ribeiro, Ofelia; Johnston, Lynn; MacDonald, Jane; Hehn, Heidi – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
In the growing body of research on the practice of training and development, several studies suggest that use of research-based findings in practice is low. The present study was designed to better understand the research-practice gap by exploring these questions: (1) Which published sources in the field are practicing professionals reading? How…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Theory Practice Relationship, Professional Development, Training
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Rowold, Jens; Hochholdinger, Sabine; Schilling, Jan – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: Although proposed from theory, the assumption that career-related continuous learning (CRCL) has a positive impact on subsequent job performance has not been tested empirically. The present study aims to close this gap in the literature. A model is derived from theory that predicts a positive impact of CRCL, learning climate, and initial…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Performance, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Small, Adrian; Sice, Petia; Venus, Tony – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to set out an argument for a way to design, implement and manage IS with an emphasis on first, the learning that can be created through undertaking the approach, and second, the learning that may be created through using the IS that was implemented. The paper proposes joining two areas of research namely,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Information Systems, Methods, Manufacturing
Peterson, Richard O. – Training and Development Journal, 1976
Human resources development must be oriented toward the achievement of all objectives of organizational performance: Quality, efficiency, societal impact, employee impact. Three fundamental phases in developing a work design strategy (for improving organizational effectiveness) are explained. (BM)
Descriptors: Employment, Human Resources, Job Analysis, Job Simplification
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Garavan, Thomas N.; Heraty, Noreen; Barnicle, Bridie – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1999
Review of the current state of human-resource-development literature includes definitions, models, and dominant biases. The review concludes that the literature is fragmented and reflects a diverse range of issues and opinions. (73 references) (SK)
Descriptors: Human Resources, Literature Reviews, Models, Organizational Development
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Swift, Peter E.; Hwang, Alvin – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: This paper seeks to present organizational learning processes of knowledge accumulation, articulation, codification and subsequent routine development in a marketing services organization where judgment and rules of thumb were more the norm than codified knowledge and explicit routines. The case illustrates how organizational learning…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Codification, Learning Processes, Leadership
Thompson, Sara Murray – Small Business Forum, 1997
Addresses the following myths: manufacturers are all large businesses; services are the wave of the future; all manufacturers use new technologies; manufacturing jobs are low skill; manufacturing is unionized; manufacturers are resistant to change and care only about production. Suggests that advisors can help small businesses by serving as a…
Descriptors: Consultants, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Industry
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