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Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development

By John Garrick

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
0415185270, 9780415185271
LCC
HF5549.5.T7 G344 1998
Google Books ID
ZUloCjemv5UC
Open Library ID
OL358559M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3038417 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
225\225
Topic
Education
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

Informal learning has become an extremely important issue as post-industrial workplaces seek to harness its productive potential. Managers and HRD practitioners have attempted to deploy informal learning in the design of corporate cultures, however, most discussions of the subject have tended to be uncritical expositions which do not challenge the underlying economic, philosophical and organisational rationale. Uniquely, this book goes against this tendency. It critically examines definitions of informal learning, and focuses on its application in a variety of workplace contexts. It features: * theories of informal learning * the unmasking of contemporary corporate rhetoric * the implications for accounts of workplace learning of poststructuralist and post-modern perspectives. Incorporating case studies based on interviews with practising managers and HRM practitioners, and a detailed glossary of key concepts and issues, this book will be a valuable reference for students of workplace learning.

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