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| Author: | Bell, E. Taylor, S. Thorpe, R. |
| Title: | A step in the right direction? Investors in people and the learning organization |
| Journal: | British Journal of Management
2002 : JUN, VOL. 13:2, p. 161-171 |
| Index terms: | Organizational learning Training Case studies United Kingdom Europe |
| Freeterms: | Initiatives |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Investors in People (IiP), the state-sponsored workplace training initiative, has been interpreted as a tool which managers can apply towards developing a learning organization. This paper evaluates the validity of this claim on the basis of a qualitative study of 6 case-study organizations which explores the social and micro-political aspects of IiP from the viewpoints of senior managers, personnel and line managers and employees involved with the standard. IiP continues to form a central part of the British government's workplace learning agenda, also being developed as an international standard. However, this institutionalization of practice has the potential to inhibit organizational learning. |
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