Productive Reflection at Work: Learning for Changing Organizations

by ; RBOUD008 David

• ISBN13: 9780415355834
• ISBN10: 0415355834
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Thinking about learning at work is rapidly evolving.Productive Reflection and Learning at Workidentifies the importance of reflection at work, tracing it from an emphasis on training, through a focus on how organizations learn, to a concern with the necessary learning that needs to occur for organizations and work groups to operate effectively today. This book articulates a new, collective, focus on what it terms productive reflection. That is reflection that serves the needs of all those involved. A combination of theory and practice allows the importance of productivity to be addressed whilst satisfying the lived experience of productive work life. It points the way to a new focus on learning at work that critically takes account of the context of production while also meeting the desire of participants to have fulfilling and engaging experiences in the workplace.

Table of Contents

Setting the scene for productive reflection	p. 3
The emergence of productive reflection	p. 11
Reflection : taking it beyond the individual	p. 29
The meaning and role of reflection in informal learning at work	p. 43
Collective reflection and learning : from formal to reflective participation	p. 54
Disciplined reflection or communities of practice?	p. 69
The limits of reflexive design in a secrecy-based organization	p. 80
Collective reflection under ambiguity	p. 93
Reflection during a crisis turnaround : management use of learning mechanisms	p. 106
Interactive critical reflection as intercultural competence	p. 120
Collective reflection for excellence in work organizations : an ethical 'community of practice' perspective on reflection	p. 133
Reflecting on workplace change : a trade union perspective	p. 146
Creating the space for reflection at work	p. 158
Discursive practices at work : constituting the reflective learner	p. 170
Feminist challenges to mainstream leadership through collective reflection and narrative	p. 181
Lessons and issues for practice and development	p. 193
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