Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 17 Issue 1/2

Communities of Competence: new resources in the workplace

Elizabeth A. Smith

This paper examines the ways social networks, socialization, self‐organizing systems, and systems thinking have influenced the gradual evolution of communities of practice into…

Curriculum design and management in theDigital Media U: Applying the corporate university concept to a business sub‐sector

Les Selby, David Russell

To report on the progress of Digital Media U, a tailor‐made portal, learning environment and management system.

The implementation and use of e‐learning in the corporate university

Allan Macpherson, Gill Homan, Krystal Wilkinson

The use of e‐learning in corporate universities enables access and broadens the curriculum. This paper assesses the use and implementation of e‐learning through case material, and…

A model of values and actions for personal knowledge management

Ortrun Zuber‐Skerritt

The purpose of this paper is to present a “soft methodology” model in knowledge management that addresses the problem of accessing and managing one particular type of knowledge…

Achieving integrated performance management with the corporate university

Richard Dealtry

This article aims to deliver synoptic perspectives on the evolution taking place in corporate university management best practice.

Designing and managing a strategic academic alliance: an Australian university experience

Lindsay Ryan, Ross Morriss

This article outlines the experience and approach of an Australian university in developing and managing education program partnerships within industry.

Managing relationships of the republic of science and the kingdom of industry

Jorge F.S. Gomes, Pia Hurmelinna, Virgílio Amaral, Kirsimarja Blomqvist

This article investigates the reasons for collaboration and the barriers to cooperation between universities and industry organizations. In an increasingly integrated world…

Organisational intelligence

Maurice Yolles

Seeks to explore the notion of organisational intelligence as a simple extension of the notion of the idea of collective intelligence.

An overview of strategic alliances between universities and corporations

Dean Elmuti, Michael Abebe, Marco Nicolosi

Strategic alliances generally represent inter‐firm cooperative agreements aimed at achieving competitive advantage for the partners. In recent years, there has a dramatic increase…

Corporate universities: driving force of knowledge innovation

Martijn Rademakers

This paper aims to explain the rapid emergence of corporate universities on the basis of fundamental developments presently shaping the economy and society on a world‐wide scale.