S. Tjepkema

HRD and Learning Organisations in Europe

1. Introduction 2. S. Tjepkema, H. ter Horst and M. Mulder Learning Organizations and HRD 3. S. Tjepkema Methodology 4. D. Buyens and S. van Schelstraete Cases from Belgium 5. T. Vaherva and H. Woods Cases from Finland 6. D. Belet Cases from France 7. K. Meinicke, R. Reinhardt, A. Buschmann and P. Pawlowsky Cases from Germany 8. M.Tomassini and A. Cavrini Cases from Italy 9. H. ter Horst and S. Tjepkema Cases from The Netherlands 10. S. Sambrook and J. Stewart Cases from the United Kingdom 11. S. Tjepkema Conclusions from Case Studies and Survey 12. S. Sambrook and J. Stewart Reflections and Discussion

Training and development in the Netherlands, International briefing no 1.

This first International Briefing provides background information on training and development in the Netherlands. First of all basic data about the country will be provided. This is followed by information on public policy, strategy and infrastructure. Then an overview of corporate policies and strategies is given. Subsequently training and development in practice will be described. This is followed by short descriptions of the academic work, sources of information, and networks in the training and development field.

Learning organisations and HRD

This chapter outlines the main theoretical concepts underlying this study. The chapter starts with a reflection on the need for organisational learning and an exploration of the concepts of the learning organisation and the learning-oriented organization (‘Lifelong learning, organisational learning and learning-oriented organisations’). Then there is a discussion of the theoretical basis on the changing role of the Human Resource Development function as a consequence of the concept of the learning organisation (‘Human resource development in learning-oriented organisations’). As this book has a specific European outlook, the question is also posed as to whether the approach to HRD within Europe differs from that in the US and Japan (A European outlook on HRD? Comparison with US and Japan’).