09 Jun Developing Social Capital
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An insight into the emerging concept of Social Capital....
09 May A Different Look at Leadership – The Warrior and the Sage
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A summary of Ian Cunningham's inaugural professorial lecture at Middlesex. ...
09 May ‘My’ First Learning Group – Eight Years On
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Self Managed Learning has proved itself to me as a very powerful approach in the development of leaders, managers and employees. It is also an approach that demonstrably adds value. Having now been a participant in SML and a learning group adviser for 6 groups, I wanted to carry out a 'health check' on one of my first learning groups. My purpose was to establish whether the experience for my group was still adding value to their professional lives. [member] I started advising my first learning group in January 1993. I had experience of being in a learning group through my Masters...
08 Nov Don’t Let Employers Abuse DIY Training
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Self-managed learning programmes should not be treated as an excuse for bosses to abdicate their responsibility, writes Margaret Coles....
08 Jun Book Review – ‘Self Managed Learning in Action’
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Edited by Ben Bennett, Ian Cunningham, Graham Dawes: (2000 – Gower, Aldershot - ISBN 0-566-08214-4) Members of the Centre’s Network will already know a lot about Self Managed Learning. However, you will be surprised how much this book will add to your knowledge. The book is divided into four sections: Setting the scene Putting it into practice Making Self Managed Learning work Conclusions It contains some very interesting case studies from companies that have actually used the process, including extensive quotes from actual participants, which gives an excellent flavour and cross section of views. It is easy to read, although well grounded in research and covers...