Self Managed Learning in Action: Putting SML into Practice

by Ian Cunningham (Editor), Ben Bennett (Editor), Graham Dawes (Editor)

This text shows how Self Managed Learning (SML) has revolutionized learning in organizations such as Ericsson, PPP Healthcare and Sainsbury's, and how it has contributed to wider organizational change. shows how SML can be used in a wide variety of contexts and cultures. The book consists of four parts. The first places SML against the backdrop of changing global trends and the organizational responses to them. It examines how these have led to the need for people to be more self-managing and provides an overview of an SML programme. The second part shows SML programmes in action by presenting case studies from nine very different organizations which have used this approach. Part III looks at SML methods in more depth by concentrating on strategic learning contracts, learning groups and how SML can be supported. The final section then concludes and looks to the future. As a whole, the book demonstrates that the approach can be used in a wide variety of contexts and cultures, in the private and public sector, and for a wide range of staff.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2000