'Lifelong learning' is moving from buzzword to reality for ever latger numbers of workers. Firms increasingly need their workers to be active, self-directed learners who contribute to innovations and improvements of processes, products and services. Companies that explicitly encourage and support worker learning, from a strategic perspective, are called 'learning organisations'.This book is the result of an European study into the changing views and practices of professionals in the field of Human Resource Development within such organisations.Focusing on Europe, the book contains authors and research from Finland, the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy. Theoretical explorations of the learning organisation and the changing face of HRD complement nearly thirty case studies of HRD functions. This book will be essential reading for both academics and professionals in the fields of HRD and lifelong learning.
Author(s): S. Tjepkema
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 208
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrationss......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 Learning organisations and HRD......Page 17
3 Methodology......Page 31
4 Cases from Belgium......Page 40
5 Cases from Finland......Page 57
6 Cases from France......Page 76
7 Cases from Germany......Page 92
8 Cases from Italy......Page 108
9 Cases from The Netherlands......Page 125
10 Cases from the United Kingdom......Page 144
11 Conclusions from case studies and survey......Page 167
12 Reflections and discussion......Page 189
Bibliography......Page 199
Index......Page 204
