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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449867603321

Autore

Garrick John

Titolo

Flexible Learning, Human Resource and Organisational Development [[electronic resource] ] : Putting Theory to Work

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1999

ISBN

0-429-24227-1

1-134-63676-8

1-280-11224-7

0-203-99181-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JakupecViktor

Disciplina

378.17

658.3124

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Employees, Training of

Open learning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Flexible learning, work and human resource development; 2 A global society needs flexible learning; 3 Digital technology and university sovereignty; 4 Exploring the concept of flexibility; 5 The politics of flexible learning; 6 Reconfiguring institutional strategies for flexible learning and delivery; 7 Managing institutional change and the pressures for new approaches to teaching and learning; 8 Forging policies in flexible learning; 9 'Human' resource management, 'flexible' learning and difference; 10 Pedagogical implications of flexible learning

11 Using media and technologies for flexible workplace learning 12 Flexible delivery and flexible learning; 13 Flexible learning, postmodernity and the contemporary workplace; 14 Flexible learning, work and the management of 'intellectual' capital; 15 Flexible learning and the construction of 'working knowledge'; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent challenges facing higher and tertiary education such as the impact of globalisation and the emergence of new technologies, have



called for a radical reconceptualisation of the teaching-learning nexus.This book addresses contemporary contexts of flexible learning and its practices, and provides insights about directions in which education and training providers may be required to follow in order to implement flexible learning in a variety of settings. Key issues and debates include: work-place based learning. Topics covered include:* the social and economic dimensions of flexible