Journal of European Industrial Training Volume 26 Issue 2/3/4

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Human resource development and workplace learning: emerging theoretical perspectives and organisational practices

Thomas N. Garavan; Michael Morley; Patrick Gunnigle; David McGuire

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

Workplace learning and HRD are considered legitimate topics for study and investigation alongside organisational strategies and practices. Considers key themes in the workplace earning literature in addition to its relationship with HRD. Identifies a paradigm shift from formalised, intermittent...

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Human resource strategies and organisational structures for managing gold‐collar workers

Peter J. Holland; Robert Hecker; John Steen

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421941

States that the rapid expansion of the information technology (IT) industry has brought about skill shortages in many advanced western economies. Examines human resource (HR) policies and organisational structures for developing and retaining IT staff through two case studies of organisations in...

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The new HR practices in changing organizations: an empirical study in Turkey

Muhtesem Baran; Elif Karabulut; Fatih Semercioz; Isoil Pekdemir

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421950

Stresses the importance of a talented workforce due to the rapid changes in development in new technology. States that in order to deal with change organizations need to apply new management concepts and techniques. Examines the differences in human resources practices and the effects of new...

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Human resource development in the Irish hotel industry: the case of the small firm

Ciara Nolan

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421969

Presents an examination of human resource development (HRD) in the Irish hotel industry and focuses primarily on the case of the small firm as part of a larger study examining best practice HRD within the Irish hotel sector. HR utilisation has clearly become a critical feature for those firms...

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Learning to compete: post‐graduate training in an aerospace company

Paul Hyland; Terry Sloan; Ron Beckett

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421978

Over a period of nearly five years a large number of technology oriented employees in an Australian aerospace company were exposed to a wide variety of post-graduate coursework modules intended to add a business management perspective to the technology background of those employees. Not all of...

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The hidden workforce: volunteers’ learning in the Olympics

Sharon Kemp

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421987

Examines the demographic make-up of volunteers and their motives for participating in a mega-event. Compares the Olympic Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994 and the Olympic Summer Games held in Sydney, Australia in 2000. Finds that volunteers in these events had similar demographic...

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Career progression of young female accountants: evidence from the accountancy profession in Ireland

Ann Marie Twomey; Margaret Linehan; James S. Walsh

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210421996

nvestigates the career progression of young female Certified Public Accountants in Ireland. Focuses on generation X accountants. A total of 12 male and 12 female accountants were interviewed. All were under the age of 30 and qualified as within the past five years. Aims to examine: whether the...

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The value of knowledge and the values of the new knowledge worker: generation X in the new economy

Maureen S. Bogdanowicz; Elaine K. Bailey

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210422003

States that in the new developing economy of the millennium knowledge is an asset that should be valued, developed and managed, since it is a component of the intellectual capital of an organization. Reveals that knowledge is increasingly being regarded as a corporate asset in an age when data...

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Organisational learning: a new perspective

Ted O’Keeffe

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210422012

The realities of global competition and increased customer sophistication have focused organisational attention on the need to develop a "learning culture". However, while much has been written on the importance of evolving a "learning culture", less attention has been given to understanding in a...

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The implementation of quality management initiatives in the context of organisational learning

Evelyn Roche

2002 Journal of European Industrial Training

doi:10.1108/03090590210422021

As a prerequisite to pursuing business excellence companies build learning organisations and companies that want to transform their organisations to a continuous improvement philosophy need to embrace the notion of organisational learning, whether they like it or not. Aims to analyse quality...

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