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| Author: | Garvey, B. Alred, G. |
| Title: | Mentoring and the tolerance of complexity |
| Journal: | Futures
2001 : AUG, VOL. 33:6, p. 519-530 |
| Index terms: | LEARNING COMPLEXITY KNOWLEDGE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper explores mentoring in the light of complexity theory and the premium placed upon knowledge in organisational viability. The authors answer the question what is the role of mentoring, as a developmental and knowledge creating process, in a complex environment. There are two parts to the discussion. First, the authors explore complexity at work, and what it means for the individual. They link the central ideas of complexity theory with the notion of a 'corporate curriculum', an inclusive concept intended to capture the complex nature of learning at work, in all its variants. Secondly, the authors speculate on the contribution mentoring can make in complex organisations where employees are part of a knowledge economy by virtue of being knowledge producers and being engaged in learning at work. |
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