Developing, Leaders and Organisations Assessment - Report on Promoting Individual Informal Workplace Learning
Brief - You are the newly-appointed Human Resource Advisor in a medium-sized business that employs approximately 150 mostly professional staff. The CEO of your company values learning and wants to increase the quantity and quality of individual learning at and through work. However, the company does not have the financial resources to fund employee participation in formal education and training programs, but the CEO is willing to change the workplace so as to 'invite' more informal learning. Therefore, the CEO has asked you to conduct research and write a report on the broad topic of 'promoting informal learning in work organisations'. The CEO is not familiar with the field of informal learning but wants your report to address at least the following key questions:
- How do individuals learn in the workplace?
- What factors enable or constrain informal workplace learning?
- What individual characteristics (e.g., personality characteristics) influence the effectiveness of informal workplace learning?
- What are the potential benefits for individuals and the organisation of enhancing informal workplace learning?
- Based on your analysis of the literature, what are your recommendations for enhancing informal learning within the organisation?
The CEO has a strong academic background and is a firm believer in evidence-based practice. Your report must be tailored accordingly.
Preparation -
Before starting this assignment you should have, as a minimum, familiarised yourself with the report assignment brief as well as report writing requirements and ECU referencing guidelines, and completed the required reading for each week. You must read widely on the topic of informal workplace learning and the theories that explain how individuals learn through participation in practice (e.g., Kolb's Learning Cycle).
Assignment instructions - For this assignment you are required to: The report must consist of the following components -
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Findings
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- References
Length: Maximum of 4,000 words, 1.5 line spacing, 11 point Times New Roman font, excluding Title page, Table of Contents, References, Figures, and Tables.