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Title Flexible learning, human resource and organisational development : putting theory to work / edited by Viktor Jakupec and John Garrick
Published London : Routledge, 2000

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Description xv,280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Flexible learning, work and human resource development / John Garrick and Viktor Jakupec -- Pt. I. Setting the scene for flexible learning. 2. A global society needs flexible learning / Margaret Haughey. 3. Digital technology and university sovereignty: compatibility or collision course? / Ross Paul. 4. Exploring the concept of flexibility / Ted Nunan. 5. The politics of flexible learning: opportunities and challenges in a globalised world / Viktor Jakupec -- Pt. II. Putting the theory to work. 6. Reconfiguring institutional strategies for flexible learning and delivery / John Bottomley. 7. Managing institutional change and the pressures for new approaches to teaching and learning / Bruce King. 8. Forging policies in flexible learning / Richard Edwards and Alan Tait -- Pt. III. The implications of flexible learning for practice. 9. 'Human' resource management, 'flexible' learning and difference: a feminist exploration / Leonie Rowan
10. Pedagogical implications of flexible learning / Mary Thorpe. 11. Using media and technologies for flexible workplace learning / David Hawkridge. 12. Flexible delivery and flexible learning: developing flexible learners? / Terry Evans. 13. Flexible learning, postmodernity and the contemporary workplace / Robin Usher. 14. Flexible learning, work and the management of 'intellectual' capital / John Garrick -- Pt. IV. Conclusion. 15. Flexible learning and the construction of 'working knowledge' / John Garrick and Viktor Jakupec
Summary Recent challenges facing higher and tertiary education such as the impact of globalisation and the emergence of new technologies, have called for a radical reconceptualisation of the teaching-learning nexus. This book addresses contemporary contexts of flexible learning and its practices, and provides insights about directions in which education and training providers may be required to follow in order to implement flexible learning in a variety of settings. Key issues and debates include: work-place based learning. Topics covered include:* the social and economic dimensions of flexible learnin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT AIMR conference proceedings. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004014608
Subject Continuing education.
Education, Higher.
Occupational training.
Open learning -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Employees -- Training of.
Open learning.
Author Garrick, John, 1902-1966.
Jakupec, Viktor, 1945-
LC no. 99024178
ISBN 0415200598 (cased)
0415200601 (paperback)