Editorial

Citation

Dymock, D. (2007), "Editorial", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 19 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/jwl.2007.08619baa.001

Editorial

I have commented in other editorials about the diversity of papers published in the Journal of Workplace Learning, and this issue is another example of that. This time we have explorations of learning in four quite different workplaces and four different countries.

The first two papers are about two understudied groups of workers: accountants in Canada and nurses in the Middle East. Elizabeth Hicks, Robert Bagg, Wendy Doyle and Jeffrey Young delved into continuing professional education for public accountants in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and came to some conclusions that have considerable implications for improving learning at this level. Quite a distance away geographically, Jane Bridger also studied learning in a specialized professional area – nephrology nursing. Because of space limitations, this paper missed out on being included in the special issue (volume 18, number 6) from the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning 2005 conference at Stirling University, guest edited by Professor John Field, so it is good that it can be included in this issue.

The third paper in this issue is about the fascinating topic of “mini-muddling”. Some of us may feel that our whole lives are spent mini-muddling, but the particular focus of this paper, by Markus Hällgren and Tim Wilson, from Umeå School of Business and Economics, Sweden, is on dealing with deviations to project plans.

Richard Dealtry, the journal’s Corporate University Editor, provides an introduction to the final paper in this issue, a revealing picture of the development of the corporate university in Germany. This paper adds to the rich information on corporate universities which Professor Dealtry has contributed to the journal over number of years.

As ever, good reading!

Darryl Dymock