Employee Learning in Small Organizations provides a clear, concise and comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of employee learning in micro- and small enterprises. The book offers easy-to-digest theory alongside practical application advice on how to effectively engage with employee learning in small businesses. Rather than see small firms as scaled-down examples of large organizations, the book highlights the different constraints and challenges that smaller business face.
Topics include the wider framework of the political economy of skills, the impact of human resource development on small firms, employee learning, and the relationship with other human resource activities. This is a short accessible guide suitable for anyone interested in employee learning and small business human resources.
Author(s): Antonios Panagiotakopoulos
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 73
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
References
Chapter 1: The political economy of skills
Skill creation systems
Reflective Case Study
Problem
Tasks
References
Chapter 2: Employee learning and impact on small firm performance
Definition of HRD
Workplace training and business performance
Managing change in the small business context and the key role of learning
Reflective Case Study
Problem
Task
References
Chapter 3: The process of learning in small firms
Nature of training in small firms
The process of employee learning in small firms
The learning needs analysis stage
The action stage
The evaluation phase
Barriers to employee learning in small enterprises
Overcoming the major barriers to learning
Reflective Case Study
Problems
Tasks
References
Chapter 4: The interlink of HRD and other HR activities
HR planning
HR recruitment
HR selection
Performance appraisal
Employee rewards
The employment relationship and employee involvement schemes
Business example on the interlink of HRD with other HR activities
Case study: ‘Leather-T’
Discussion
Reflective Case Study
Tasks
References
Chapter 5: Leadership and staff learning
Definition, importance and theories of leadership
Emotional intelligence and leadership
Leadership and informal teams
Reflective Case Study
Tasks
References
Chapter 6: International dimensions of employee learning in small firms
Cross-cultural challenges of small organizations and implications for learning
Reflective Case Study
Task
References
Conclusion
Index
