Overview
This guide for independent learning and workplace training presents seven powerful strategies for staying ahead in today’s knowledge-based economy.
These days, perpetual learning is an essential professional skill and a vital part of any business. It’s important to have effective learning strategies that work for you and your team. This practical guide offers a comprehensive approach to creating a focused philosophy of learning, choosing the best approach to planning programs and activities, and developing appropriate systems for assessing results.
The authors cover seven powerful training strategies: Behavioral, Cognitive, Inquiry, Mental Models, Group Dynamics, Virtual Reality, and Holistic. They provide a detailed description of each, including the learning theory behind it, its strengths and weaknesses, practical examples of the strategy in action, and side-by-side comparisons showing its appropriate uses.
Based on well-researched theories of learning, this book is rich in examples from more than sixty-five worldwide business leaders—including Eastman Kodak, Motorola, SHARP, United Airlines, Norsk Hydro, ABB Atom, Boeing, TELEBRAS, and the U.S. Air Force.
These days, perpetual learning is an essential professional skill and a vital part of any business. It’s important to have effective learning strategies that work for you and your team. This practical guide offers a comprehensive approach to creating a focused philosophy of learning, choosing the best approach to planning programs and activities, and developing appropriate systems for assessing results.
The authors cover seven powerful training strategies: Behavioral, Cognitive, Inquiry, Mental Models, Group Dynamics, Virtual Reality, and Holistic. They provide a detailed description of each, including the learning theory behind it, its strengths and weaknesses, practical examples of the strategy in action, and side-by-side comparisons showing its appropriate uses.
Based on well-researched theories of learning, this book is rich in examples from more than sixty-five worldwide business leaders—including Eastman Kodak, Motorola, SHARP, United Airlines, Norsk Hydro, ABB Atom, Boeing, TELEBRAS, and the U.S. Air Force.
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