Professional Development and Workplace Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

The Bologna Process instituted measures promoting common curriculum throughout Europe with threeyear standards established for Bachelor programs in economics, humanistic and positive sciences, and four-year standards for engineering sciences. Dramatic reductions were made to programs resulting in st…

This chapter attempts to address a paradigm shift from training to workplace learning in the 21st century as a means of improving the workforce. For any country or organizations to remain highly competitive, it is workplace learning, not organized training, in which adult employees should seek to en…