Abstract
Improved workforce learning is imperative for individual knowledge workers, for companies that depend on knowledge workers, and for the U.S. economy. Meeting this need requires innovative, restructured education and training organizations; integrated knowledge drawn from currently isolated sources; and widespread replacement of the traditional classroom with appropriate learning delivery technologies. In this concept paper, a powerful and holistic solution to workforce learning is proposed, called Learning Systems Integration (LSI). While similar to current U.S. corporate and military training as a process, LSI will be significantly different in practice because it will target knowledge workers, integrate knowledge from many sources, and utilize asynchronous technology as an essential component of learning. Thispaper concludes with an assessment of the prospects for improved knowledge workforce learning.
Highlights
As the global economy expands and becomes more knowledge-based, the demand for knowledge workers increases
For the individual knowledge worker, the result is both enhanced career opportunity and increased pressure to learn more while working at an ever-faster pace
For the purposes of this concept paper, they are an assumption based on personal experience with corporate managers, consultants, and members of corporate boards
Summary
As the global economy expands and becomes more knowledge-based, the demand for knowledge workers increases. Disconnected islands of knowledge existing in universities, training providers, and industry segment or organization-specific sources are not being integrated to meet learning demands. Many organizations are paying too much for the wrong kind of learning The response to this challenge is an integrative approach— integrating content from many sources, extracting new knowledge from work, and bringing learning to the workplace via appropriate information technologies. The learning process must become both efficient and closely integrated with work Efficiency includes both reduced total costs for the corporation, and a better fit with individual work and personal lives. In this concept paper, the response is a powerful and holistic solution to workforce that is called Learning Systems Integration (LSI).
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