Informal Learning in the Workplace : Unmasking Human Resource Development

This volume critically examines definitions of informal learning, focusing on its application in a variety of workplace contexts.

Informal learning has become an important issue as post-industrial workplaces seek to harness its productive potential.

The book features: theories of informal learning; the unmasking of contemporary corporate rhetoric; the implications for accounts of workplace learning of poststructuralist and postmodern perspectives; case studies based on interviews with practising managers and HRM practitioners; and a glossary of key concepts and issues.