...ricerca in “Scienza Tecnologia e Società” cofinanziato dal FSE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE LEARNING FACTORY by Harry Barton and Rick Delbridge Cardiff Business School University of Wales, United Kingdom BartonH@Cardiff.ac.uk Paper prepared for International Workshop Lean Production and Labour Force in the Car Industry: The Forms of Implementation of an Epoch-Making Model March 25-27, 2000 University of Calabria – Rende (Italy) 20 Introduction It is conventional wisdom that the factories of the future will be sites of continuous improvement, innovation and knowledge creation (Leonard Barton, 1992; Cooke and Morgan, 1998), with the focus being on the development of a set of strategies and organisational forms based on high skills, organisational flexibility and trust, often termed “high-performance work practices.” (OECD,1998). This view has been formulated followingresearch into developments in large manufacturing organizations within the world’s motor industry (Womack et al, 1990; MacDuffie, 1995) and in particular, Japanese manufacturers (Fruin, 1992; Kenney and Florida, 1993), where human resources (HR) and work practices are often considered central to the success of the Japanese automotive producers (Pil and MacDuffie, 1999). Such views raise fundamental questions regarding the role of labour in such manufacturing systems and, as a direct consequence, there has been increasing interest in the Human Resource Management of these organisations (Arthur, 1992;...
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...Within Escape to the Wild the new human resource management function could assist with: Formulating and implementing new policies and procedures Uniform training of employees Administration of financial matters A recruitment and selection program A policies and procedures human resource department would allow Escape to the Wild to: • Formulate appropriate policies that ensure health & safety regulations are adhered to as well as following legal requirements for employees. • Formulation of working procedures alongside managers and line managers. • Free line managers, the existing finance manager and senior managers from the human resource tasks they are currently spending valuable time on, some of which they are ill equipped to handle. The activities that Escape to the Wild would need to undertake would be as follows: • Formulate and agree upon policies and procedures that would be beneficial for the running of Escape to the Wild. • Ensure policies and procedures are both in line with legal obligations as an employer as well as adhering to health & safety regulations, upholding employee rights and disciplinary action is fair and concise. A formal recruitment and selection program would allow Escape to the Wild to: • Provide a fair systematic approach to selection of applicants and a more overall view of those who apply taking experience and qualifications into account. • Having the new human resource function handle this process would mean line managers would...
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...Philosophy of Learning My belief in learning is that humans learn from society and they learn to live in the society. I think the true purpose of education is to get along with others and live among those. To achieve purpose of education, people need to be sent off to society. Lecture should not be just making you to memorize thing, it has to motivate you to learn. I believe that whoever is doing is learning. I believe learning is social and should happen in community through investigations, experiments, questions, and conversations. I believe all of our historical philosophers have gathered their wisdoms from social communities experiencing it. Confucius said “At fifteen, I set my heart on learning. At thirty, I know where I stand, where my character has been formed. At forty, I have no more doubts, at fifty, I know the will of Heaven, at sixty my moral sense is well-developed, at seventy, I follow my heart’s desire without crossing the line.” It took thirty years for Confucius, one of most revered philosopher in the world, to stand with his own philosophy. How long would it take for me? I would like to begin with ‘What is the meaning of learning?’ Learning needs someone who is willing to learn. Every process of learning aims to change the learner. I say there are changes in different subjects, such as, knowledge, skill, attitudes, and other things. These changes are triggered by learner by himself. Which means learner by his will, provoke and lead process of learning. At same...
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...MSc Human Resource Management Modules : Training and Development “ Informal Learning becomes Formal in Workplace ” Learning in human life Essentially, human life is all about learning. Learning is a natural process and people continue learning throughout life, whether encouraged or not, whether formally taught or not, whether the outcomes are valued or not (Beardwell & Claydon, 2007). Learning is a process within the organisms which results in the ability to show changed performance that can be associated to experience rather than maturation (Ribeaux and Poppleton,1978 cited in Beardwell & Claydon, 2007). According to Wortman, Loftus, & Weaver (1999) learning refers to a relatively permanent change in observable behaviour potential that result from experience with the environment. Learning does not occur naturally, it involves active ‘mastery’ which is a process of internalisation, an operation which is initially represented an external activity begins to occur internally (Millar, 1995 cited in Rainbird, 2000). Formal and Informal Learning Learning processes can be achieved through a variety of ways, including formal and informal learning. Nowadays, the debates about formal and informal learning are still developed. Then, what formal learning and informal learning are? Formal learning is defined as learning that in general institutionally sponsored, classroom-based, and highly structured (Marsick & Watkins, 2001)...
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...Memory Project: Application to Learning and Study Habits Learning to tie shoes and ride a bike requires the encoding, storing, and retrieving of past observations of the procedure. With a lot of practice, children master these skills so well that they are able to remember them the rest of their lives. We use our memory about the past to help us understand the present. The study or memory in psychology is used in different ways, as well as there are many different ways to study how memory works in humans. In psychology there are many tasks used to measure memory and different types of memory storages that human's use, such as sensory storing, or short term storing. There are also a lot of techniques that humans use to improve their memory, which they can use to learn, such as mnemonic devices. All these things can be classified as important issues in the study of human memory and ways of learning. Storing information is essential in Learning. To store information that can be used for later use, such as tying ones shoelace, is very important for humans. Information being stored can be stored in three different memory capacities we have: sensory memory, short-term memory, or long-term memory. In sensory memory, the human holds sensory information for a brief period after the physical stimulus is no longer available. An example of this may be looking at flash cards to study. Someone looks at different flash cards for a short period of time, and so, the image of the flash...
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... 3 Issues Explosions Gaps 3-ISSUES : WAR AND PEACE MAN AND ENVIRONMENT CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY 3-EXPLOSIONS POPULATION KNOWLEDGE EXPECTATIONS 3-GAPS BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BETWEEN LOVE AND POWER (Power—the single-minded desire to achieve one’s solitary purpose, Love—the drive towards unity) Jaques Delors While presenting his report titled “LEARNING: THE TREASURE WITHIN” to UNESCO in 1996 in which he puts emphasis on the need of VALUE EDUCATION Functional Learning ----------------- Teaching as training Learning-------- Deep Personal Meaning ----------------Teaching as Educating FOUR PILLARS AS RECOMMENDED BY UNESCO 1. LEARNING TO KNOW Learning to know implies learning how to learn by developing one's concentration, memory skills and ability to think. Every individual has hidden talents such as 1. Memory 2. Reasoning 3. Imagination 4....
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...Cards, Pictures, Pentel Pen, Stick and Chalk III. Procedure: a) Routinary Matter 1. Prayer 2. Ice Breakers 3. Attendance 4. Review (A simple recall of the previously learned material) b) Motivation The teacher will ask some of the pupils of what he/she have learned in the previous lesson, then, motivates the students of the newly acquired learnings. So as to, relate the previous topic to the new lesson. c) Presentation of the New Lesson After reviewing and allowing the pupils to go through with the newly acquired learnings, the teacher will now present to his/her pupils the new lesson to be discussed with. (Part of the Body and the Sense Organs). d) Application The teacher will let his/her pupils to see the whole picture of the Human Body. The teacher will likewise, introduce the different parts of the Human Body. The teacher then will explain to his/her pupils the functions of each of the parts of the Human Body most especially to the different Sense Organs. After allowing the pupils to be familiar with the different parts of the Human Body and the Sense Organs and that they already know each of its function. Now, therefore, the teacher must call pupils attention and that the teacher will asked his/her students some certain questions regarding the...
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...Class, Learning theories assert that development results from an accumulation of experience. There are 3 main psychologists associated with this theory. There is Ivan Pavlov, who believed that learning results from the association of stimuli called classical conditioning. Also, B.F Skinner, who coined the term operant conditioning, which involves learning to repeat or stop behaviors because of the consequences it may cause. Lastly, Albert Bandura, who thought that a person could learn from observing someone else perform an action and experience reinforcement or punishment. This is called observant learning or modeling (Boyd & Bee, 2015,p. 32). Each one of these psychologists’ theories has strengths and weaknesses. A strength in Pavlov’s...
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...Learning perspectives Perspective refers to the choice made based on a situation, from which one can measure experience and form a logical belief. Basically, it means a specific point of view in comprehending things. There are diverse theoretical opinions on learning which are related to different learning perspectives. Perspectives can be distinguished socially according to dialectical, socio-cultural and hermeneutic theories. The dialectical perspective maintains that individual learning occurs as a process of changing participation in groups (Stahl, 1998). It explains that learners keenly process data and learning occurs through their own efforts. Here, new views are linked to old ones and relationships between different views are found. According to the Gestalt theories, the key fundamentals of learning are intuition, perception and meaning and the learner was seen as a perceptual individual (Cooper). Dialectical theories are quite different but they are all united by the fact that the learner’s internal mental processes are continually progressing. The socio-cultural view emphasizes that for one to understand learning, they should focus on the social practices that make up ethos since learning is culturally shared (Stahl, 1998). This perspective largely focuses on human interaction. It suggests that learning occurs though analytical and social interactions with other people and through them the principles and norms of societies are learnt. This perspective...
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...people in the military, incarcerated re-entry students, people in work-force training, and people that are enrolled in traditional classes. His purpose is to connect the largest number of people possible to the success of the Rio Salado online program so that they can identify with, and support his argument that online learning is making education better for everyone. But is Bustamante’s opinion biased? By using “our” to refer to himself in relationship to the school, it...
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...Associationistic Theory of Learning Bevon Barker PSY 331 Instructor : Megan Mclaughlin 8-1-11 In life we are prone to experiencing different experiences; some through emotions, love and other inferences. We associate different experiences and try to form a plethora of comforts; a sense in which we can revisit to help us to assess new experiences throughout our lives. In other words, we learn from our mistakes, trials and tribulations. From a personal standpoint, I can honestly say that the association is probably the easiest way to make a decision when a new situation approaches. Realistically, association is not always the best answer however as humans, it is natural. In our readings, I find that the Associationistic Theory is the most interesting and appealing to me. The Associationistic Theory in Philosophy refers to the idea that mental processes operate by the association of one state with its successor states. (Warren 1921) The theory was developed by Plato and Aristotle, and further developed by pioneers like John Locke, David Hume, and James Mill. In the evolution of development, Locke, Hume, Mill developed elaborate principles and its relation to neurophysiology. Their contributions have led to Psychologists tactics in describing and assessing behavior when conducting sessions. The easiest way for one to relate to a theory is applying it and associating it through one’s own experience identifying with the elements that consist of that theory. Through...
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...Running Head: Learning Styles Learning Styles James Mitchell, College 100 November 1, 2009 Abstract There are so many theories and research available which try to determine or understand the best way to learn. There are learning styles and several other topics that help you access and evaluate yourself. I have learned that regardless of what learning style you choose that the basics of learning are more fundamental. Based off some of the psychology classes I have taken and research I have completed for this class and in my career I will explain how humans learn through stages and what I have learned about myself. All species have an instinctive method of learning; birds for instance are born with a wealth of knowledge; their genes come equipped with the necessary skills to establish themselves. There are limits to the wealth of knowledge expressed in non-humans. However, humans are not hardwired with the same skills we have to be taught how to walk, talk, eat, and live. Humans have the ability to acquire a vast amount of knowledge through learning. Animal behavior is instinctive were as human behavior is learned. Learning is a long-term change in mental representations or associations as a result of our experiences (Alland, 1983; Case & Okamoto, 1996). According to Vygotsky the two primary means of learning occur through social interaction...
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...Definition of learning: the definition of Learning: its related operations to acquire behavior and experiences and changes thereto, the results of the learning process appear in all the behavior patterns of human activity, intellectual, motor, social, emotional, linguistic, so as to accumulate experience and human knowledge passed from one generation to another through socialization and interaction with the physical world operations. Includes human learning on behavioral patterns, including simple and complex, and manifests itself in multiple behavioral manifestations of mental, social and emotional, linguistic and kinetics. Default, learning concept refers to the dynamic process occurring in the human organism and is the change in behavioral...
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...1.0 Executive Summary The concept of soft skills is about all the qualities and social attitudes proper of human beings, characterised by the difficulty to define and quantify them, such as listen to other people capacity, kindness, and responsibility sense, capacity to overcome conflicts and avoid the frustration. 1.1 Purpose The aim of this work is the demonstration of the acknowledgment through experience, that lead efficiently to the training course of an organizations, particularly in the purchasing and developing “transversal competences” defined by the Institute for Development of Vocational Training for Workers as a “wide whole of person’s skills, not linked to a particular process or job placement, but to the cognitive and thinking processes, in the procedures of behaviours in social and work environment, and consequently to the ability to reflect and use learning strategies and auto correction of conduct”. The transversal competences include the ability of diagnose, relations, communication, problem solving and decision; in general they can include all the personal attitudes of an individual that play when he meets the requirements of work environment, that both with the technical skills are indispensable to reach an efficacy performance. The difference between the personal attitudes and the technical ones are that the first cannot be acquired for from the extern through academic and scholastic process, but they are an intrinsic characteristic of an individual...
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...How to integrate technology-enhanced learning with business process management Nicola Capuano, Matteo Gaeta, Pierluigi Ritrovato and Saverio Salerno Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an innovative approach for providing an answer to the emerging trends on how to integrate e-learning efficiently in the business value chain in medium and large enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed approach defines methodologies and technologies for integrating technology-enhanced learning with knowledge and human resources management based on a synergistic use of knowledge models, methods, technologies and approaches covering different steps of the knowledge life-cycle. Findings – The proposed approach makes explicit and supports, from the methodological, technological and organizational points of view, mutual dependencies between the enterprise’s organizational learning and the business processes, considering also their integration in order to allow the optimization of employees’ learning plans with respect to business processes and taking into account competencies, skills, performances and knowledge available inside the organization. Nicola Capuano, Matteo Gaeta, Pierluigi Ritrovato and Saverio Salerno are all ` based at the Universita di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy. Practical implications – This mutual dependency, bridging individual and organizational learning, enables an improvement loop to become a key aspect for successful business process improvement...
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