...Yoshitaka Yamazaki; Michiko Toyama; Andreas Joko Putranto Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically explore how managers differ from non-managers with regard to learning skills as competencies and learning style in a public-sector work setting. The paper also examined how learning style...

... uncertainty and will be of interest to those wishing to simplify work‐related issues. Yngve Antonsen can be contacted at: yngve.antonsen@uit.no © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Learning processes Learning styles Cognition Financial institutions Norway Traditionally...

.... Design/methododology/approach The Kirkpatrick four levels model was used to evaluate the effectiveness of management training. Hypotheses about the effects of internal/external locus of control and experiential learning styles were tested. Measures gathered at several points of time were...

...Lynn M. Jeffrey; Sophie Hide; Stephen Legg Purpose This paper aims to report on the second half of a two‐part study that identified relevant content for safety audit training in small businesses. The specific aim of the paper is to determine the preferred learning styles and approaches of managers...

.... Lohman can be contacted at: mlohman@psu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Learning styles Workplace learning Learning methods Employee behaviour The scope and intensity of professional work has increased dramatically in recent years. Today's professionals face far greater...

... in informal educational settings. Considering University students rather than learners in the workplace, Pask (1976) contrasted holistic with serialist approaches to problem solving and related these strategies to different learning styles which he termed comprehension learning and operation learning...

... and information as a means of communication, managing personal performance and accelerating organisational development. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Visual media Learning styles Symbolism Visual perception Narratives No manager's office currently is complete without a white board...

..., and learning styles among policy makers. The explorative character of this study[1], combined with the in‐depth nature of the interviews, necessitated a limited number of interviewees between five and ten. The participants all worked within various ministries of the Dutch government, i.e. the Ministry...

... with both the behavioural and cognitive aspects of organisational learning theories. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Organizational learning Learning styles Research Methodology As an example, Buckler’s (1998) study to compare the key elements of his learning process model with other current...

...Kim Buch; Susan Bartley An exploratory study investigated the relationship between learning style and preference for training delivery mode. It was expected that learning style would influence learners’ preference for receiving training through classroom‐, computer‐, TV‐, print‐, or audio‐based...

... encouraging learning results and suggested that a well‐defined structure for learning components and processes is favorable in a corporate environment. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Learning Learning styles In the new economy, knowledge becomes the primary source for competitive advantage (Davis...

... to the problems likely to arise in getting others, who do not have a discourse of learning readily available to them, to take informal workplace learning seriously. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Workplace learning Research Learning styles Increasingly, workplace learning is being subjected...

... of learning (theory 1) has exerted a profound influence on the perceived place of judgement in education. This influence has been two‐fold: Workplace learning Learning styles In our forthcoming book (Beckett and Hager, in press, Ch. 9), David Beckett and I argue for the thesis...

...Yvette James‐Gordon; Jay Bal An investigation was conducted in the design department of a medium‐sized automotive company to establish engineers’ preferred learning styles. This was achieved by using two proven questionnaires followed by statistical analysis methods. The evidence showed...

... to come to the weekly team meetings, and found it hard to keep their attention. After the change the meetings became enjoyable and productive. Based on research on accelerated training, the author designed a new model for weekly training meetings that met diverse learning styles, engaged the learners...

... for learning. Organizational learning Strategy Learning organizations Learning styles Management development Human resource management This article is almost entirely a review of my personal experiences of involvement in strategy. It proposes that learning from strategy could and should...

...). Learning styles Large companies Evaluation © MCB UP Limited 1999 In Company A the category of “structure” provided the highest mean score (3.48); this was probably due to the recent reorganisation of the company, in which the hierarchical structure had been flattened by removing several...

... which a desired state can be defined for an organization within a specific industry and a survey instrument which examines actual behaviours displayed in the organization. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Cognitive mapping Facilitators Learning Learning styles Models How to measure...