|
Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology
|
Buy Now
Ghosts in the Machine - Rethinking Learning Work and Culture in Air Traffic Control (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,867
Discovery Miles 48 670
|
|
|
Ghosts in the Machine - Rethinking Learning Work and Culture in Air Traffic Control (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This book provides a socio-cultural analysis of the ways in which
air traffic controllers formally and informally learn about their
work and the active role that organisational cultures play in
shaping interpretation and meaning. In particular, it describes the
significant role that organizational cultures have played in
shaping what is valued by controllers about their work and its role
as a filter in enabling or constraining conscious inquiry. The
premise of the book is that informal learning is just as important
in shaping what people know and value about their work and that
this area is frequently overlooked. By using an interpretative
research approach, the book highlights the ways in which the social
structure of work organisation, culture and history interweaves
with learning work to guide and shape what is regarded by
controllers as important and what is not. It demonstrates how this
social construction is quite different from a top-down corporate
culture approach. Technological and organizational reform is
leading to changes in work practice and to changes in relationships
between workers within the organization. These have implications
for anyone wishing to understand the dynamics of organizational
life. As such, this study provides insights into many of the
changes that are occurring in the nature of work in many different
industries. Previous research into learning in air traffic control
has centred largely on cognitive individual performance,
performance within teams or more recently on performance at a
systems level. By tracing the role of context in shaping formal and
informal learning, this book shows why interventions at these
levels sometimes fail.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
