Employee Learning in Small Organizations

A Concise Guide for Small Organizations

Antonios Panagiotakopoulos

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032464626
• eBook ISBN: 9781000946871
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

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

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 The political economy of skills
• 2 Employee learning and impact on small firm performance
• 3 The process of learning in small firms
• 4 The interlink of HRD and other HR activities
• 5 Leadership and staff learning
• 6 International dimensions of employee learning in small firms
• Conclusion
• Index