'What's that got to do with making motor cars?' : the influence of corporate culture on 'in-company' degree programmes
Issue Date
2000-03-01Subjects
in-service education and traininglearning organisation
learning process
managers
management development
organisation behaviour
professional development
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Interest in the development of the 'learning' organisation and 'lifelong learning' has paralleled renewed concern in what, where and how industrial managers learn. 'In-company' delivery is becoming more common, as is the use of overtly vocational delivery techniques using 'work-based' learning. Delivery of education in-company, using workbased exemplars, whilst offering many benefits, has concomitant risks. Particularly in hierarchical manufacturing organisations with traditional approaches to problem solving, a powerful culture may act to inhibit the educational process, and limit the development of those very capabilities needed in the learning organisation. The recent experience of in-company education of a group of managers from a major UK motor manufacturer is discussed. The difficulties participants faced as students are examined in the light of the prevailing corporate culture, and ways are suggested for minimising these difficulties.Citation
Kinman, R., & Kinman, G. (2000). ''What's That Got To Do with Making Motor Cars?'The influence of corporate culture on'in-company'degree programmes' Journal of Education and Work, 13(1), 5-24.Publisher
Carfax Publishing Co.Journal
Journal of Education and WorkType
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1363-9080ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/136390800112204