.../methodology/approach – This case study used a qualitative phenomenological constructivist approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed with the aid of NVivo. The study was conducted in a large government-owned organisation in Australia and the sample consisted of 24 recent...

... Supervisor support Leadership development Work environment Qualitative research Australia Training methods Information transfer Organisations invest significant amounts of time and money into training with the goal of increasing employee performance. Estimates suggest that American...

... incidence of e‐portfolio‐based RPL (e‐RPL) and professional recognition (e‐PR) processes in Australia and the implications this has for recognising workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach The paper utilises an exploratory study and involves a content analysis of a selected sample of data sources...

... Australia. This paper aims to focus on what mentoring is and how it is deployed from the police mentor's perspective. This inquiry intends to shed light into this contextual gap by illuminating the mentoring experiences of 13 police officers from the district headquarters of a regional city in Southeast...

... lifelong learning policies might discriminate further against disadvantaged groups because they are less likely to access later life learning opportunities. Training Workplace learning Manufacturing industries Older workers Australia Mature‐aged workers are becoming increasingly important...

... with air traffic controllers operating in three centers in Australia. The data were analyzed using a phenomenological approach in an attempt to uncover the lived experience of those interviewed. Findings The study illustrates how elements of organizational culture evidenced in collectively held values...

..., the design of the learning activities was founded on three governing values: Workplace learning Assessment Organizations Curriculum development Employee development Australia Organisations that sponsor staff to undertake academic studies, in order to build their workforce capacity, expect...

... conducted in an office or small meeting room as desired by the participant/s. Ralph Catts can be contacted at: ralph.catts@stir.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Competences Emergency services Training Volunteers Australia The nature of emergency service work requires...

... in which practitioners based in vocational education institutions in Australia are meeting these challenges. Training reforms that have unfolded over the past decade in Australia have had significant repercussions on the work of VET practitioners. Teaching and learning practices in pre‐reform times...

... Australia Leaders In thoroughly comprehensible language, this book articulates different leadership styles and four faces of capitalism extracted from the evolving history of capitalism. In an era when most organizations are undergoing major changes, the book provides leaders a handle on how...

... cohorts of fire‐fighters working in two regional locations in NSW, Australia were interviewed using a semi‐structured interview approach. Constructivist grounded theory methodology was employed to work with the data; post‐structuralism. Findings Study findings indicate that an understanding...

... H.T. Walker can be contacted at: derek.walker@rmit.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Knowledge management Customer service management Program testing Learning organizations Australia The CIS production support team's responsibilities include responsibility for testing...

... transporting trainees from all over Australia and accommodating them in 50 training centres, each specialised in a type of training (e.g. catering, signals). An estimated 70 per cent of the costs of training was attributable to residential costs and time off for trainees from regular duties (Training...

...Roger Harris; Michele Simons; Pam Carden In the 1990s, one of Australia's police services moved from a centralised, academy‐based system of training towards a more integrated model of professional development. As a consequence, probationary constables spent reduced time in the police academy (6...

...Diane Newton; Stewart Hase; Allan Ellis This study identified the factors that are important in the effective implementation of online learning in the mining industry in Queensland, Australia. Two sources of data and a Grounded Theory approach were used to develop a theoretical model that would...

...Siaw‐Teng Liaw; Chris Pearce; Mike Keppell Describes the development in Australia of TeleQACE, a Web‐based learning environment, which allows clinicians to participate in interactive learning at times that suit them. The design addressed the balance between richness of content and bandwidth...

... rating” (Rating: 8). Mentee 5: “I have learned a bit more about myself and my mentor, so I think there are some things that need to be fixed, but the mentoring process itself is sound ...” © MCB UP Limited 1999 Workplace learning Mentoring Leadership Australia Learning...

..., as well as in mental and physical health”. The psychological well‐being of the PwICI may be closely entwined with work; and yet organizations are frequently sceptical about the ability of PwICI to contribute. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Australia Discrimination Efficiency Illness I sit...

.... It was generally felt that future contact with the editor would be much more comfortable. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Action learning Australia Decision making Local government In February 1995, seven months before the end of our first, four‐year term as local government representatives...

... Anxiety Australia Personality tests Psychology Schools Stress Teachers Work The pop group American Breed would no doubt be surprised to find some of the lyrics to their attempt at the Australian hit parade in the late 1960s as a title to an article in a journal such as this. Nonetheless...