... Information Information management Information technology Learning organizations Training Absenteeism rates at US steelmaker Chaparral Steel are about a quarter of the National Association of Manufacturers industry average. The company has changed its pay structure to reward the accumulation...

... Computer‐based training has been around for a while, but available technology has limited its impact. Recently, more powerful personal computers (PCs), laser‐disk storage and better graphics have allowed this tool to support a learning organization. This article explains how. © MCB UP Limited...

... Human resource management Learning organizations TQM So often we hear this phrase, but how many organizations have really captured the full value of their human resource (HR)? Jon Choppin examines why the HR function has to change from being reactive to become the agent of change. He...

... own needs; would fit in with existing HRM systems; encouraged a transfer of managers′ skills to suit different roles; supported equal opportunity initiatives. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Competency framework Implementation Learning organizations Management development...

... successfully. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Career planning Competences Continuing professional development Human resource management Learning organizations Training John Dingle, a management consultant, describes a methodology for analysing competence requirements and pinpointing competence...

...,robotic and impersonal, an attitude then exemplified by some of our crew members and, to be honest, some of our managers too. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Career development Fast‐food restaurants Job promotion Learning organizations Management development McDonalds′ Restaurants Training...

... to create a learning organization. One definition of a learning organization is: “an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behaviour to reflect new knowledge and insights”. Such organizations are said to be skilled at five main activities: “Systematic...

...Michael Pearn Reviews the development of the concept of the learning organization, and describes a project which developed a range of practical tools to be used by trainers and line managers in order to help their organizations become learning organizations. Explains how these tools, consisting...

... and its procedures. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Academic staff Learning organizations Universities Work ...

...Alan Jones; Chris Hendry With continuous learning being so essential to corporate wellbeing in the future, the learning organization concept is seriously taking root. Examines how learning organizations are created. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Leadership Learning organizations Purposes...