Organisational context of structured on-the-job training
| Autor: | Jan A. Jong, Jo Thijssen, Bert M. Versloot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Training and Development. 5:2-22 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2419 1360-3736 |
| Popis: | Seven cases, all Dutch organisations, are analysed on the relation between organisation characteristics and types of training on the job on the basis of contingency theory. Effectiveness and efficiency, dictated by a competitive environment, influence decisions regarding internal structure, including the form of the HRD function. Contingency theory predicts that the internal structure, resulting from differentiation of components, mediates between such pressures of the environment and the pressure of the operating core, which tries to perform productively according to norms of rationality. The actions of differentiated components of the internal structure must be coordinated. The tendency to differentiate a separate training function off the job can be at odds with the tendency to bind training activities on the job strictly to the priorities of productive work. However, in this article we propose that this opposition can be overcome when the chosen type of on-the-job training ‘matches’ the type of organisation and that matching types as a rule are more effective. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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