INST 702 (01) - The Learning Workplace

This course deals with the professional learning needs and priorities of the workplace with an emphasis on business and industry settings. It examines the variety of ways in which employees and their managers gain new knowledge and skills as part of their on-going involvement in both their jobs and in formal, informal, and non-formal learning situations. Careful attention is given to understanding and applying effective transfer of learning strategies. The roles of in-house training, corporate university, individualized learning, distance learning, online learning, and external providers are also examined.