Improving Working as Learning. Improving Learning.

by Alan Felstead, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin

Interest in learning at work has captured the attention of many people around the world, often taking centre stage in policy debates. This book is about the everyday learning that goes on in workplaces OCo ranging from offices, factories and shops to gyms, health centres and universities.Each chapter presents evidence OCo taken from both private and public sectors OCo to illustrate how employers, researchers and policy-makers canImprove the conditions for nurturing and sustaining learning at workBuild appropriate workforce development plans within given constraintsRecognize that the creation and use of knowledge is widely distributedMobilize existing workplace resources to support learningThis topical book will appeal to an international readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, vocational teachers and trainers, human resource professionals, policy-makers, and researchers.

231 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2009