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Beyond training: reconceptualising learning at work

Patricia Bryans (Patricia Bryans is a Lecturer in the Centre for Professional Development, University of Durham, UK.)
Richard Smith (Richard Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Durham, UK.)

Journal of Workplace Learning

ISSN: 1366-5626

Article publication date: 1 September 2000

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Abstract

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 makes such a shift particularly urgent. Notions of training tend to foreclose on outcomes; typically they are short‐term and assume transferability of skills. Notions of personal development may be insufficiently focused on the workplace. We argue for a conception of workplace learning that foregrounds the dialectical relationship between persons and their organisations. Crucial in that relationship are notions of openness, uncertainty, complexity, relationships, reflection, reframing and restoration.

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Bryans, P. and Smith, R. (2000), "Beyond training: reconceptualising learning at work", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 12 No. 6, pp. 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620010343497

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