Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 9 Issue 5

Action learning team ‐ building bridges within a local council

Lyn Carson

States that building bridges with political colleagues who do not share a common ideology can be difficult and that adopting a conciliatory approach without watering down one’s…

Strategic competency ‐ the learning challenge

John Thompson, Melissa Cole

Proposes that, in the chaotic organizational environments of the 1990s, managers must be able to design winning competitive paradigms and then change these continuously and…

Asking for positive reinforcement

Jay T. Knippen, Thad B. Green

Explains that the first step in getting positive reinforcement from your boss is to realize that you want and need it. Next, thought needs to be given regarding how and why your…

Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education ‐ an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland

Svetlana Cicmil, Tauno Kekäle

Presents a work‐in‐progress report on an exploratory study of change management in education. Aims to investigate management processes employed in a sample of schools in the times…