Work now invariably requires a continual focus on learning: to improve productivity, to enhance the flexibility of employees and to develop and transform organizations. This volume brings together leading experts from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand to critically evaluate the current debates on workplace learning and to propose directions for future developments in both research and practice. Topics covered include:

Chapter 1 Understandings of Workplace Learning, David Boud, John Garrick; Part 1 Context; Chapter 2 The Changing Contexts of Work, Catherine Casey; Chapter 3 Learning to Work and Working to Learn, Ronald Barnett; Part 2 Perspectives; Chapter 4 New Dimensions in the Dynamics of Learning and Knowledge, Judith H. Matthews, Philip C. Candy; Chapter 5 Finding a Good Theory of Workplace Learning, Paul Hager; Chapter 6 Past the Guru and up the Garden Path, David Beckett; Chapter 7 Gendered Workers and Gendered Work, Belinda Probert; Part 3 Issues in practice; Chapter 8 Culture and Difference in Workplace Learning, Nicky Solomon; Chapter 9 Technologising Equity, Elaine Butler; Chapter 10 Guided Learning at Work, Stephen Billett; Chapter 11 Is Learning Transferable?, Mark Tennant; Chapter 12 Competency-Based Learning, Andrew Gonczi; Part 4 Futures; Chapter 13 Envisioning New Organisations for Learning, Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins; Chapter 14 The Dominant Discourses of Learning at Work, John Garrick;