Development and Learning in Organizations: Volume 18 Issue 4

Feature articles Maximizing transfer of learning from management education programs: Best practices for retention and application

Clinton O. Longenecker

Formal management education, ranging from seminars and workshops to comprehensive MBA programs, is readily available and is viewed as a primary tool for management development…

Learning representatives in UK organizations: A review of current developments

Bill Lee, Catherine Cassell

Lifelong learning links vocational education to learning for both career and personal development. Such learning clearly has benefits for the employer, the employee and society as…

Developing knowledge workers on the factory floor: The case of ABB‐Alamo

Michael DiGiovanni

The term “knowledge worker”, coined by management guru Peter Drucker, generally describes an employee whose job activities are associated with the refining, manipulating and…

Developing and promoting the right people: What is happening in your organization?

Bill Hawkins

Failure to recognize the combination of unique skill sets (by position and by level) can derail a carefully planned reorganization or promising career. Obviously, technical skills…

Making the most of informal mentoring: A positive climate is key

David Clutterbuck

One of the goals of many formal mentoring programs is to bring the organization to the point where the majority of mentoring is carried out informally, without the need for…

Training people – because you’re worth it: How top companies survived recession by refusing to cut back on educating staff

The slogan “because you’re worth it”, used by the international cosmetics group L’Oréal, is instantly recognizable. It is a friendly phrase, which seeks to persuade people to buy…

A learning school for Europe: Systems and culture needed

The right response to self‐made people who talk smugly about being graduates of the “University of Life” is perhaps to say: “Aren’t we all?” Most learning, whether useful or not…

Developing competent learners: Fine tuning the pursuit of effective learning

Central to any training and development initiative is the extent to which learners actually engage in effective learning. Effective learning requires much more than the ability to…

Outsourced learning makes its mark: Harnessing expertise to deliver results

For today’s organizations, learning and development has established itself as a critical part of the corporate agenda. However, while the argument as to its lasting value has been…