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Learning strategies for competence development in enterprises
Brandi, Ulrik; Iannone, Rosa Lisa
2017In Industrial and Commercial Training, 49 (1), p. 1-5
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Keywords :
empirical research; workplace learning; training and development; competence development; learning strategies
Abstract :
[en] The purpose of this paper is to examine learning strategies for competence development at the enterprise level, and how these can be actualised in practice. The authors focus on three influential aspects, namely: the highest valued employee skills, main triggers for learning and investment in learning, as well as the most successful types of learning. The empirical research was designed according to abductive reasoning. The data draw on research undertaken between 2013 and 2015, including semi-structured interviews with management, human resources and union representatives, as well as questionnaire responses from a total of 31 EU and 163 EU-competitors, across 53 industries and 22 countries. Competence development requires flexible, learner-centred strategies for initiatives that respond to immediate business needs. Additionally, despite soft competences being so highly valued and sought after, investment (financial and other) by enterprises in developing them is low, relative to the investments poured into hard competences. Also, there is a clear employee demand gap for learning that develops soft competences. Findings and recommendations are based on a large-scale empirical study, providing state-of-the-art knowledge, upon which we can renew our current learning strategies in workplaces.
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Brandi, Ulrik;  University of Aarhus > Department of Education
Iannone, Rosa Lisa ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) ; Aarhus University > Department of Education
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Learning strategies for competence development in enterprises
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Industrial and Commercial Training
ISSN :
0019-7858
Publisher :
Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume :
49
Issue :
1
Pages :
1-5
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
This paper is founded on data from the Lifelong Learning, Innovation Growth and Human Capital Tracks in Europe (LLLight’in’Europe) research project which received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, technological development and demonstration under Grant Agreement No. 290683. The authors would like to thank all the research project’s members for their inspirational collaboration throughout.
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