Marianne van Woerkom, W.J. Nijhof, Loek Nieuwenhuis
In this paper critical reflective working behaviour will be operationalized. Second, the question will be raised which factors have impact on critical reflective working behaviour. The following dimensions of critical reflective working emerge: reflection, vision sharing, challenging group‐think, asking for feedback, experimentation and awareness of employability. In a survey amongst 742 r...... hiện toàn bộ
The former Soviet economies have, for the past 12 years, looked to the advanced economies in the west for help in reforming their systems of vocational education and training. These “transition” economies still bear much of the legacy of the previous system and culture – academic in orientation, firmly supply led and implemented through vocational schools which are in economic crisis. They...... hiện toàn bộ
Thomas N.Garavan, BridieBarnicle, FiachraO’Suilleabhain
Recent changes have demanded a more strategic perspective from those who lead and manage organisations, placing increased pressure on employees to be more productive, innovative and change orientated. This has precipitated a search for a more integrated model of human resource development. This article discusses some of the debate that currently prevails within the field of management deve...... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis paper seeks to explore changes taking place in a curriculum design for postgraduate teaching in personnel and development, aimed at enhancing lifelong learning. A scheme is described which aims to improve the alignment for professional development of students, in ways that facilitate critically reflective practi...... hiện toàn bộ
A Lack of Evaluation: Do employers' training efforts operate in isolation from mainstream business activities? One would like to think that they don't, but there is plenty of evidence to prove that they do. Take, for instance, a survey by IRS on training evaluation in the UK. It found that only a quater of employers always set overall targets for their training; even fewer take as their st...... hiện toàn bộ
This paper investigates the possibility of combining the fields of organisational learning and total quality to produce combined concepts, methodologies, tools and techniques, which will give increased business benefits and employee emancipation. To focus the study the field of organisational learning is primarily limited to that of the learning organisation and total quality is taken as a...... hiện toàn bộ
The IT workforce of a company may embody its most important strategic asset. Such an asset needs to be managed. At a company level, measures that support and encourage knowledge transfer amongst employees can help minimise the effect of the loss of skilled staff. This paper details the results of a survey administered to 200 employees across 39 software companies in Ireland. The study asse...... hiện toàn bộ