468-203 Learning in Organisations

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On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• analyse education and training strategies within organisations in terms of selected theories of adult learning;

• distinguish formal and informal learning processes in organisations;

• explain the distinctions between individual, team and organisational learning, and on and off-the-job learning in terms of selected theories and frameworks; and

• identify significant attributes of organisations that influence education and training.

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Examination of learning processes in organisations - particularly formal and informal learning, individual, team and organisational learning, on-the-job and off-the-job learning; analysis of learning processes in terms of selected learning theories, including adult learning theory, situated learning and action learning; the influence of organisational attributes on learning.

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