Workplace Learning and Development

Module code: MN2143

In the context of a rapidly changing world, workplace learning is critical to ensuring success and sustainability for individuals, organisations, countries and the world as a whole. This module will introduce you to the fundamentals of workplace learning, as well as its relationship with human resource management.

You'll look at the significance of workplace learning within the context of vocational skills development both nationally and internationally. You'll consider workforce learning and best practice within the field, as well as recent major theoretical developments. Plus, you'll examine the key factors that determine peoples' access to workplace learning and the role of human resource management in its promotion.