Business needs in many corporations call for learning outcomes that involve problem solutions, and creating and sharing new knowledge within workplace situations that may involve collaboration among members of a team. We argue that work-based activities (WBA) and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) are appropriate components for courses in such learning situations. Via this approac...

This guide is for health and social care professionals who teach or guide others’ learning before and after qualification, in formal courses or the workplace. It clarifies the understanding of interprofessional learning and explores the concept of teams and team working. Illustrated by examples from practice, the practicalities of effective interprofessional learning are described, and the unde...

introduction: implementation of training programs can help an organization to supply the required specialist manpower and to solve personnel productivity problems. therefore, the implementation of training programs will increase the effectiveness and productivity of personnel services in an organization. to better implement and improve the quality of training programs some necessary conditions ...

Employees’ working environments in traditional organizations are characterized by siloed technologies, segregated physical spaces and asynchronous email communications. Behaviors, technologies and physical constraints in these workplaces result in a fundamental disconnect between what employees can accomplish and what companies need them to do in the digital era. Success in the digital era depe...

First and second wave digital divide research underemphasizes the digital labor force divide and overestimates the impact of access to and skill in digital technology. Such emphasis deprives digital divide scholarship of its democratizing potential by muting structural critique and recasting the divide as a problem of diffusion. To the extent that it promotes diffusion over equality, the digita...

Bullying is a serious problem in today’s workplace, in that, a large percentage of employees have either been bullied or knows someone who has. There are a variety of ethical concerns dealing with bullying—that is, courses of action to manage the bullying contain serious ethical/legal concerns. The inadequacies of legal protections for bullying in the U.S. workplace also compound the approaches...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence involving radiographers in Hong Kong, to evaluate underlying factors contributing to incidents and their impact, and to suggest improvements in management and training. METHODS Frontline radiographers, from seven regional hospitals, who performed duties in general radiography, were provided with a workplace violence ...