内容简介
Thistextdescribes,analysesandsynthesisesawiderangeofcontemporaryissuesfromresearchandpracticeinthefieldofindividualandcollectiveworkplacelearninganddevelopment.Enablesstudentsandmanagersoflearninganddevelopment(L&D)tounderstandthetheoryandpracticeofL&Dinorganizations.Explorestheconceptoflearningfromavarietyofperspectivesthroughtheuseofexamplesofresearchandpracticefromallovertheworld.Takesabroadviewoflearningasencompassingbothexplicitandimplicitandindividualandcollectivelearningprocesses.ArguesthatthepracticeofL&Dshouldbebaseduponarigoroustheoreticalandempiricalbase.Eachchapterusessynopsesofresearchstudiesandcasestudiesfrombusinessestoillustratethemostimportanttheories,conceptsandmodels.Listsofkeyconcepts,knowledgeoutcomes,‘perspectivesfrompractice’,‘perspectivesfromresearch’,discussionpoints(forindividualorclassuse),andconceptcheckliststobenefitbothstudentsandteachers.Isillustratedthroughoutwithdiagrams,tablesand‘L&Dfactsandfigures’.
作者简介
EugeneSadler-SmithisProfessorofManagementDevelopmentintheSchoolofManagement,UniversityofSurrey.Afterasuccessfulcareerinhumanresourcedevelopmentandtraininghebecameauniversitylecturerin1994.Hehasaparticularinterestinmanagers’thinkingandlearningstylesandisamemberoftheeditorialadvisoryboardsforTheBritishJournalofManagement,InternationalJournalofManagementReviews,HumanResourceDevelopmentInternational,andtheJournalofEuropeanIndustrialTraining.HehaspublishedintheAcademyofManagementExecutive,JournalofOrganizationalBehaviourandOrganizationStudiesandinawiderangeofotheracademicandpractitionerjournals.