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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450782803321

Autore

Garrick John

Titolo

Informal learning in the workplace : unmasking human resource development / / John Garrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-280-33252-2

0-203-02892-9

0-203-27297-8

1-134-66721-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

331.25/92

Soggetti

Employees - Training of

Occupational training

Experiential 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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking human resource development; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Learning in the workplace; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 What is informal learning in the workplace?; 2 Theorising informal learning; 3 Work as a learning environment: Unmasking the language of HRD; 4 The hidden curriculum of learning at work; 5 Professional identity and self-regulation at work; 6 The performativity principle in informal learning; 7 Retheorising informal workplace learning; 8 Doubts about postmodern doubt: Postscript; Appendix: The research methods; Glossary

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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 feature