1st Edition
Employee Learning in Small Organizations A Concise Guide for Small Organizations
Employee Learning in Small Organizations provides a clear, concise and comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of employee learning in micro- and small enterprises. The book offers easy-to-digest theory alongside practical application advice on how to effectively engage with employee learning in small businesses. Rather than see small firms as scaled-down examples of large organizations, the book highlights the different constraints and challenges that smaller business face.
Topics include the wider framework of the political economy of skills, the impact of human resource development on small firms, employee learning, and the relationship with other human resource activities. This is a short accessible guide suitable for anyone interested in employee learning and small business human resources.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The political economy of skills
Chapter 2: Employee learning and impact on small firm performance
Chapter 3: The process of learning in small firms
Chapter 4: The interlink of HRD and other HR activities
Chapter 5: Leadership and staff learning
Chapter 6: International dimensions of employee learning in small firms
Conclusion
Biography
Dr Antonios Panagiotakopoulos is an associate professor of human resource management and course director for the BA in Business and HRM and MSc in HRM at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia.
