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Continual changes in technology, organisational renewal, optimisation of the quality of production (efficiency, flexibility, product quality) and orientation to changing consumer demands require higher standards of skills and flexibility in the work force. In order to meet these standards it is necessary to deliver more training to the work force and define training in terms of investment rather than costs. Training of employees in general, and learning in the workplace in particular, can be regarded as a major challenge for Human Resources Development. In a recent White Paper on Lifelong Learning (OCW, 1998) the Dutch government stressed the importance of learning at work as an essential contribution to lifelong learning. Apart from opening up better possibilities for the recognition and accreditation of prior learning, however, there were no specific policies proposed to enhance this kind of learning processes. So a lot is expected from companies themselves in this respect.
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Ostenk, J. (1999). Learning in Work Teams as a Tool for Innovation. In: van Wieringen, F., Attwell, G. (eds) Vocational and Adult Education in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9269-7_10
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