Chapter List

When asked about continuing education in the workplace almost anyone immediately thinks of classroom learning. However, classroom learning is best suited to convey relatively basic information to large groups of people what is often most needed in continuing education is for relatively small numbers of people to develop advanced proficiencies in very specialized subjects. The first part of this book is intended to guide a shift in thinking toward methods that support advanced, specialized learning.

The topic begins with the need to reorient the thinking of an organization s leadership away from the classroom, and toward alternative approaches. The primary emphasis of Part 1 of this book (Chapters 1 through 7) will then be on developing and implementing a model that guides and supports advanced learning. The roles of upper management, the direct supervisor, and the individual will each be covered. Techniques for creating the model, and communicating it throughout the organization will be presented.

Part 2 (Chapters 8 through 10) will then address further applications that follow directly from this alternative model. The book concludes with brief concluding remarks in Chapter 11.