Level 2: The Office
Although I am not advocating that you encourage your employees to play video games day, I believe that serious games and simulations have a place in training your employees. Online teaching platforms can deliver a very cost effective and efficient way to train your staff and, more importantly, monitor their progress.
There is a long history of learning in the workplace that embraces a multitude of styles ranging from formalized classroom settings to inquiry-based learning (IBL) to informal or experiential forms of learning. Today many workplaces are being reorganized to become more learning oriented and support “change laboratories” where continuous incremental work improvement takes place in open learning centers. These centers are replacing or supplementing training-directed ones where informal/exploratory learning is available to all levels of employees. In this environment, learning policy should change from management-focused to more hands on employee-lead learning that is aimed at problem solving. In other words, work-related learning should acknowledge employees as the central actors who co-organize learning on the basis of their ideas and interests. Individual learning by intrapreneurs (employees who make risky decisions using the company’s resources as opposed to entrepreneurs who make risky decisions using their own resources) are mainly looking at exploratory learning as their primary way of developing knowledge. The knowledge they gain is critical for the organization to cope with new and changing environmental demands. Therefore, they are looking towards non-formal learning activities that tend to be quicker and much more applicable to the business than formal learning activities. These individuals continuously discover, evaluate and exploit opportunities on the organization’s behalf. Below are links that will help you engage your employees in ways that will be most effective and tailored to meet their unique needs.
Source: Poell, R., Chivers, G., Van der Krogt, F., & Wildemeersch, D. (2000). Learning-network Theory: Organizing the Dynamic Relationships Between Learning and Work. Management Learning, 31(1), 25-49.
There is a long history of learning in the workplace that embraces a multitude of styles ranging from formalized classroom settings to inquiry-based learning (IBL) to informal or experiential forms of learning. Today many workplaces are being reorganized to become more learning oriented and support “change laboratories” where continuous incremental work improvement takes place in open learning centers. These centers are replacing or supplementing training-directed ones where informal/exploratory learning is available to all levels of employees. In this environment, learning policy should change from management-focused to more hands on employee-lead learning that is aimed at problem solving. In other words, work-related learning should acknowledge employees as the central actors who co-organize learning on the basis of their ideas and interests. Individual learning by intrapreneurs (employees who make risky decisions using the company’s resources as opposed to entrepreneurs who make risky decisions using their own resources) are mainly looking at exploratory learning as their primary way of developing knowledge. The knowledge they gain is critical for the organization to cope with new and changing environmental demands. Therefore, they are looking towards non-formal learning activities that tend to be quicker and much more applicable to the business than formal learning activities. These individuals continuously discover, evaluate and exploit opportunities on the organization’s behalf. Below are links that will help you engage your employees in ways that will be most effective and tailored to meet their unique needs.
Source: Poell, R., Chivers, G., Van der Krogt, F., & Wildemeersch, D. (2000). Learning-network Theory: Organizing the Dynamic Relationships Between Learning and Work. Management Learning, 31(1), 25-49.
Human Resource Development (HRD)
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Online Events
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