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This chapter argues that the productive systems of contemporary workplaces give rise to many different forms of knowledge creation and use, and, as a consequence, to different forms of learning and pedagogical approaches. Some of these approaches are utilized to the benefit of the organization and employees (though not, necessarily, in a reciprocal manner), but others are buried within everyday workplace activity (see Billett, 2001).
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Fuller, A., Unwin, L., Felstead, A., Jewson, N., Kakavelakis, K. (2012). Creating and Using Knowledge. In: Livingstone, D.W., Guile, D. (eds) The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning. The Knowledge Economy and Education, vol 4. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-915-2_10
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