Fuller, Alison, Unwin, Lorna, Bishop, Dan, Felstead, Alan, Jewson, Nick, Kakavelakis, Konstantino... more Fuller, Alison, Unwin, Lorna, Bishop, Dan, Felstead, Alan, Jewson, Nick, Kakavelakis, Konstantinos and Lee, Tracey (2006) Situated learning in context: an exploration of the factors influencing workplace learning and 'knowing' in contrasting organisations. In, American Educational ...
This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial atte... more This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial attempts to mould and shape their identities. It provides illustrations of three theoretically-derived identity modalities: 'dramaturgical selves'; 'conformist selves'; and 'resistant selves'. The ...
Abstract Current vocational education and training (VET) policy in the UK is predicated on the as... more Abstract Current vocational education and training (VET) policy in the UK is predicated on the assumption that participation in formal, externally-provided training by individuals and organisations is based primarily on an explicit and objective calculation of economic costs ...
The question of how people learn at work has become of increasing interest to researchers, policy... more The question of how people learn at work has become of increasing interest to researchers, policy makers and employers in recent years. Research undertaken within the 'learning as participation' perspective is furthering understanding of workplace learning processes ...
This paper explores the relationship between the way work is organised, the organisational contex... more This paper explores the relationship between the way work is organised, the organisational context, and learning in the workplace. It develops, in part, from earlier work where we argued that organisations differ in the way they create and manage themselves as learning environments, with some conceptualised as 'expansive' in the sense that their employees experience diverse forms of participation and, hence, are more likely to foster learning at work (see . The paper argues that contemporary workplaces give rise to many different forms of learning, some of which is utilised to the benefit of the organisation and employees (though not, necessarily, in a reciprocal manner), but much of which is buried within everyday workplace activity. By studying the way in which work is organised (including the organisation of physical and virtual spaces), it is possible to expose some of this learning activity as well as examples of the creation of new (or refined) knowledge. Part of this process involves the breaking down of conceptual hierarchies that presuppose that learning is restricted to certain types of employee and/or parts of an organisation. This paper builds on the work of other researchers who highlight the importance of the context (see, inter alia, Nonaka et al, 2005;. It also draws on the work of Engeström (see, inter alia, 2001), who has highlighted the way new knowledge is created through employee interaction when problem solving and, hence, has paid attention to the important question of the quality of learning in the workplace. In addition, it builds on Wilkinson's (2002) conceptualisation of the way organisations construct, manage and respond to social relations of production that operate at a variety of levels in 'productive systems'. The paper uses evidence from the 'learning as work' project, which is based in public and private sector organisations in the UK.
This paper presents evidence to show how vocational qualifications act as boundary objects in the... more This paper presents evidence to show how vocational qualifications act as boundary objects in the stimulation of learning at work and how they, in turn, become the catalyst for the creation of artefacts that have a purpose and existence beyond the life cycle of an accreditation process. The context for the paper is the UK's automotive manufacturing industry, a sector that has undergone considerable change over the past thirty or so years and has been under intense pressure to improve standards. The paper presents evidence from case studies of two companies that produce parts for global car manufacturers. These companies have introduced competence-based approaches in order to audit and assess the skills of their workforces in response to demands from the companies they supply that they can prove their employees are working to the required international quality standards. The competence-based approach, which is contested in the academic literature, has enabled employees to gain National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), which, in turn, are still controversial some twenty years after they were first introduced. The paper argues that a competence-based approach can be beneficial to both organisations and individuals, but the ambiguities inherent in the NVQ model of competence create tensions and opportunities for restrictive as well as expansive forms implementation.
This paper argues that in making products and services organizations shape (create, sustain and/o... more This paper argues that in making products and services organizations shape (create, sustain and/or change) the way workers individually and collectively think about themselves and the way they are seen by others. The empirical results are drawn from interviews, observations and periods of work shadowing in the service sector, the 'knowledge based economy' and traditional manufacturing. The findings highlight the particular ways in which organizations mould and shape worker identities. This includes the creation of new identities for workers to inhabit, the sustenance of existing identities formed elsewhere and the realignment of well established identities in the context of work reorganization.
This paper has been developed from research conducted to date within the 'Learning as Work... more This paper has been developed from research conducted to date within the 'Learning as Work' project, a four year ESRC funded multi-sector study in the UK (2003 - 2008). It presents some initial findings of qualitative case study research concerning workplace learning in the UK hairdressing sector. Drawing upon interviews and observations carried out across four franchised hair salons, the
... Home > List of Issues > Table of Contents > Looking inside the Russian d... more ... Home > List of Issues > Table of Contents > Looking inside the Russian doll: the interconnections between context, learning and pedagogy in the workplace. ... Looking inside the Russian doll: the interconnections between context, learning and pedagogy in the workplace. ...
... relationships can be instrumental in expanding organisational capabilities has become a popul... more ... relationships can be instrumental in expanding organisational capabilities has become a popular one, and consequently the literature on business networks and inter-organisational collaboration is now well established (Holm et al., 1996; Ebers, 1997; Lorenzen, 2005; Cooke ...
Recent research has established that small firms tend to develop and acquire the skills they need... more Recent research has established that small firms tend to develop and acquire the skills they need in different ways to those employed by larger organisations. More specifically, due to certain characteristics inherent to their small size, small firms generally display greater informality in their learning processes. As such, it is now broadly accepted that they cannot normally be expected to
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence outlining the ways in which ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence outlining the ways in which small businesses orientate themselves towards the training market. The primary aim is to illuminate the factors influencing small firms' (non-) participation in formal, externally-provided training.
This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial atte... more This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial attempts to mould and shape their identities. It provides illustrations of three theoretically-derived identity modalities: 'dramaturgical selves'; 'conformist selves'; and 'resistant selves'. The ...
Fuller, Alison, Unwin, Lorna, Bishop, Dan, Felstead, Alan, Jewson, Nick, Kakavelakis, Konstantino... more Fuller, Alison, Unwin, Lorna, Bishop, Dan, Felstead, Alan, Jewson, Nick, Kakavelakis, Konstantinos and Lee, Tracey (2006) Situated learning in context: an exploration of the factors influencing workplace learning and 'knowing' in contrasting organisations. In, American Educational ...
This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial atte... more This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial attempts to mould and shape their identities. It provides illustrations of three theoretically-derived identity modalities: 'dramaturgical selves'; 'conformist selves'; and 'resistant selves'. The ...
Abstract Current vocational education and training (VET) policy in the UK is predicated on the as... more Abstract Current vocational education and training (VET) policy in the UK is predicated on the assumption that participation in formal, externally-provided training by individuals and organisations is based primarily on an explicit and objective calculation of economic costs ...
The question of how people learn at work has become of increasing interest to researchers, policy... more The question of how people learn at work has become of increasing interest to researchers, policy makers and employers in recent years. Research undertaken within the 'learning as participation' perspective is furthering understanding of workplace learning processes ...
This paper explores the relationship between the way work is organised, the organisational contex... more This paper explores the relationship between the way work is organised, the organisational context, and learning in the workplace. It develops, in part, from earlier work where we argued that organisations differ in the way they create and manage themselves as learning environments, with some conceptualised as 'expansive' in the sense that their employees experience diverse forms of participation and, hence, are more likely to foster learning at work (see . The paper argues that contemporary workplaces give rise to many different forms of learning, some of which is utilised to the benefit of the organisation and employees (though not, necessarily, in a reciprocal manner), but much of which is buried within everyday workplace activity. By studying the way in which work is organised (including the organisation of physical and virtual spaces), it is possible to expose some of this learning activity as well as examples of the creation of new (or refined) knowledge. Part of this process involves the breaking down of conceptual hierarchies that presuppose that learning is restricted to certain types of employee and/or parts of an organisation. This paper builds on the work of other researchers who highlight the importance of the context (see, inter alia, Nonaka et al, 2005;. It also draws on the work of Engeström (see, inter alia, 2001), who has highlighted the way new knowledge is created through employee interaction when problem solving and, hence, has paid attention to the important question of the quality of learning in the workplace. In addition, it builds on Wilkinson's (2002) conceptualisation of the way organisations construct, manage and respond to social relations of production that operate at a variety of levels in 'productive systems'. The paper uses evidence from the 'learning as work' project, which is based in public and private sector organisations in the UK.
This paper presents evidence to show how vocational qualifications act as boundary objects in the... more This paper presents evidence to show how vocational qualifications act as boundary objects in the stimulation of learning at work and how they, in turn, become the catalyst for the creation of artefacts that have a purpose and existence beyond the life cycle of an accreditation process. The context for the paper is the UK's automotive manufacturing industry, a sector that has undergone considerable change over the past thirty or so years and has been under intense pressure to improve standards. The paper presents evidence from case studies of two companies that produce parts for global car manufacturers. These companies have introduced competence-based approaches in order to audit and assess the skills of their workforces in response to demands from the companies they supply that they can prove their employees are working to the required international quality standards. The competence-based approach, which is contested in the academic literature, has enabled employees to gain National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), which, in turn, are still controversial some twenty years after they were first introduced. The paper argues that a competence-based approach can be beneficial to both organisations and individuals, but the ambiguities inherent in the NVQ model of competence create tensions and opportunities for restrictive as well as expansive forms implementation.
This paper argues that in making products and services organizations shape (create, sustain and/o... more This paper argues that in making products and services organizations shape (create, sustain and/or change) the way workers individually and collectively think about themselves and the way they are seen by others. The empirical results are drawn from interviews, observations and periods of work shadowing in the service sector, the 'knowledge based economy' and traditional manufacturing. The findings highlight the particular ways in which organizations mould and shape worker identities. This includes the creation of new identities for workers to inhabit, the sustenance of existing identities formed elsewhere and the realignment of well established identities in the context of work reorganization.
This paper has been developed from research conducted to date within the 'Learning as Work... more This paper has been developed from research conducted to date within the 'Learning as Work' project, a four year ESRC funded multi-sector study in the UK (2003 - 2008). It presents some initial findings of qualitative case study research concerning workplace learning in the UK hairdressing sector. Drawing upon interviews and observations carried out across four franchised hair salons, the
... Home > List of Issues > Table of Contents > Looking inside the Russian d... more ... Home > List of Issues > Table of Contents > Looking inside the Russian doll: the interconnections between context, learning and pedagogy in the workplace. ... Looking inside the Russian doll: the interconnections between context, learning and pedagogy in the workplace. ...
... relationships can be instrumental in expanding organisational capabilities has become a popul... more ... relationships can be instrumental in expanding organisational capabilities has become a popular one, and consequently the literature on business networks and inter-organisational collaboration is now well established (Holm et al., 1996; Ebers, 1997; Lorenzen, 2005; Cooke ...
Recent research has established that small firms tend to develop and acquire the skills they need... more Recent research has established that small firms tend to develop and acquire the skills they need in different ways to those employed by larger organisations. More specifically, due to certain characteristics inherent to their small size, small firms generally display greater informality in their learning processes. As such, it is now broadly accepted that they cannot normally be expected to
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence outlining the ways in which ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence outlining the ways in which small businesses orientate themselves towards the training market. The primary aim is to illuminate the factors influencing small firms' (non-) participation in formal, externally-provided training.
This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial atte... more This paper explores three different ways in which workers experience and react to managerial attempts to mould and shape their identities. It provides illustrations of three theoretically-derived identity modalities: 'dramaturgical selves'; 'conformist selves'; and 'resistant selves'. The ...
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