Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 12 Issue 6

Beyond training: reconceptualising learning at work

Patricia Bryans, Richard Smith

Radical shifts are taking place in management theory; equivalent shifts need to occur, we argue, in the theory of training and development. The move towards a knowledge economy…

Applying knowledge‐enabling methods in the classroom and in the workplace

Elizabeth A. Smith

There is a gradual shift away from traditional teaching and training methods based on academic research models to unstructured, learner‐centered programs designed to meet the…

Introducing competence‐based management development: a case study of a university‐hospital partnership

Paul Smith

The British National Health Service (NHS) has experienced a number of changes in management over the last 20 years resulting in management development becoming a greater priority…

Case research into corporate university developments

Richard Dealtry

This article describes a research methodology for reviewing the effectiveness of corporate university developments. The defined research approach is applied to a sample of five…