Informal learning and employee development: Strategies to enhance performance

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.

Design/methodology/approach

This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

Findings

Informal learning offers a cost-effective means of employee development for smaller businesses and a variety of strategies can be utilized to help achieve learning goals. The approach has scope to increase an employee’s internal marketability, though companies must remain alert to the danger of simultaneously making individuals more widely employable.

Originality/value

The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Citation

(2020), "Informal learning and employee development: Strategies to enhance performance", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-10-2019-0240