Training Older Workers and Learners : Maximizing the Workplace Performance of an Aging Workforce
James L. Moseley
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (425 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Training Older Workers and Learners; CONTENTS; FIGURES, TABLES, AND PERFORMANCE TOOLS; BENEFITS STATEMENT; PREFACE; Audience; Goal and Objectives; Scope; How This Book Is Organized; How to Use This Book; Some Final Thoughts; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Part 1: Make Way for the OWLS; Chapter 1: The OWLS Are Here; Workplace Trends; OWLS Are Getting Younger...and Older; Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Action Steps for WLP Practitioners; Chapter 2: OWLS as Workers; Why OWLS Work; Workplace Perceptions About OWLS; Impact of OWLS on the Workplace; Impact of the Workplace on OWLS. - Attention: Implications for Learning and PerformanceAction Steps to Help OWLS Control Attention; Intelligence: Implications for Learning and Performance; Action Step to Encourage OWLS to Use Their Intelligence; Thinking: Implications for Learning and Performance; Action Steps to Encourage OWLS to Think; Problem Solving: Implications for Learning and Performance; Action Steps to Help OWLS Solve Problems; Action Step: Learn More About Learning Styles and Challenges; Chapter 6: OWLS in Search of Knowledge: Learning Styles and Challenges; OWLS Have Style; Some OWLS Are Learning Challenged. - Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance. - Implications for Workplace Learning and PerformanceAction Steps for WLP Practitioners; Chapter 3: OWLS as Retirees-or Not; Retirement-Evolution and Revolution; New Faces in the Workplace; Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Action Steps for WLP Practitioners; Chapter 4: OWLS as Learners; Adult Learning Theory and Research; Workplace Perceptions About OWLS as Learners; Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Action Steps for WLP Practitioners; Appendix 4.1. Competencies for Older Workplace Learners; What Are Workplace Learning Competencies?. - Implications for Workplace Learning and PerformanceAction Steps for WLP Practitioners; Chapter 7: OWLS in Search of Self: Psychosocial Transitions; Adult Psychosocial Development; Middle Adulthood Was Born in the Twentieth Century; Adult Development, Generations, and Today's Workplace; Multigenerational Workplace Issues; Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Action Steps for WLP Practitioners; Chapter 8: OWLS in Search of Function: Physiological Development; Physical Changes; Age-Related Sensory Changes; System Changes; The Aging Brain. - Why Are Workplace Learning Competencies Important, and Which Are Essential for Individuals?Which Learning Competencies Are Particularly Important for Older Workers?; Part 2: OWLS in Transition; Chapter 5: OWLS in Search of Wisdom: Cognitive Development; Cognitive Development of OWLS; Intelligent OWLS; Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Cognitive Development: Implications; Action Steps to Help OWLS Develop and Maintain Cognitive Ability; Memory: Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance; Action Steps to Help OWLS Develop and Maintain Memory Skills. - Training Older Workers and Learners is a groundbreaking resource that focuses exclusively on age 40-plus workers. This much-needed resource offers trainers expert guidance and practical tools designed to deliver effective training and re-training to older worker-learners (OWLS). Based on sound theory and best practices, the book shows how to maximize the workplace learning and performance potential of late-life learners.
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| ISBN | 0787981176. - 9780787981174
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