The nature of the workplace and the workforce has changed rapidly in post-industrial society. Most workers are now facing the need for high levels of preparatory education, retraining for new jobs and the ability to continue learning at work in order to keep up with new developments.
The book, first published in 1987, argues that training in the workplace often fails because it is based on conditions that no longer prevail in modern organisations. The mechanistic approach of the behaviourist paradigm, it is argued, views the organisation as a machine and training as the preparation of workers for machine-like work according to their levels in the hierarchy, much as on an assembly line. The humanists' advocation of collaborative learning has changed but not fundamentally altered this conception.
This book will be of interest to students of education and business management.
| ISBN: | 9781138861114 |
| Publication date: | 3rd August 2016 |
| Author: | Victoria J Marsick |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 226 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Teacher training Adult education, continuous learning Philosophy and theory of education |
The nature of the workplace and the workforce has changed rapidly in post-industrial society. Most workers are now facing the need for high levels of preparatory education, retraining for new jobs and the ability to continue learning at work in order to keep up with new developments.
The book, first published in 1987, argues that training in the workplace often fails because it is based on conditions that no longer prevail in modern organisations. The mechanistic approach of the behaviourist paradigm, it is argued, views the organisation as a machine and training as the preparation of workers for machine-like work according to their levels in the hierarchy, much as on an assembly line. The humanists' advocation of collaborative learning has changed but not fundamentally altered this conception.
This book will be of interest to students of education and business management.
Learning in the Workplace features in the following genres: Educational strategies and policy, Teacher training, Adult education, continuous learning, Philosophy and theory of education
Learning in the Workplace is available in Paperback, Hardback
Learning in the Workplace was written by Victoria J Marsick and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Learning in the Workplace has 226 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Revivals series
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