Addresses a crucial issue for all involved in education and training: the transfer of learning to new and different contexts. This book focuses on adult learners in professional and vocational contexts. It aims to provide a book on the transfer of learning which draws on multi-d…
This collection presents an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice. A strong critically reflexive approach is adopted in order to explore the highly contested nature of HRD in the organizational context.
Keeping to the practical format of the last edition, this book is divided into three parts. The first part contains the classic chapters that describe the roots and principles of andragogy, including a new chapter, which presents Knowles' program planning model. The second part …
"The Skills That Matter" is an edited collection written by leading academics from the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia in the area of skills acquisition, formation and development. It combines academic evidence and policy debates with a critical analysis, making it an asset to…
Nonprofit organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact and that the funds raised to operate their organizations are maximized and used effectively. This book demonstrates how to create a culture of learning (intentional learning from reflection and feedback …
This scholarly book in SIOP' s Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations. It concentrates on training, design and delivery given the changing nature of work and organizations. Now that work is increas…
Work-related learning can be broadly seen to be concerned with all forms of education and training closely related to the daily work of (new) employees, and is increasingly playing a central role in the lives of individuals, groups or teams and the agenda's of organizations. How…
Contains articles on Human Resource Development (HRD), linking the concerns of states and business. The first section of this book contains advice on HRD for government leaders and policymakers. The second considers HRD in the corporate sector. This book is useful to statesmen, …
