Charles Handy article addressing the need for employees in organizations to continue their education and training through gaining conceptual skills, such as learning by contrast and comparison with other organizations. Handy begins the article describing how learning has become fashionable, and that life is to be a process of continuing learning if people are to remain up-to-date in a changing world. He proceeds to discuss the work of Professor Robert Katz, and how his research differentiates between technical skills, human skills, and conceptual skills, but, Handy observes, offers no clues on how to develop conceptual skills, which are what leaders need. Handy then argues that learning by comparison and contrast is one approach to developing such skills and cites the Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference as an example of such learning, but also argues that, on a smaller, less elaborate scale, people could create their own mini study conferences. Handy concludes his analysis stating that such study conferences would help leaders to challenge their mindsets, encouraging them to look toward the future and away from the past.
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Charles Handy article addressing the need for employees in organizations to continue their education and training through gaining conceptual skills, such as learning by contrast and comparison with other organizations, 1992; Charles Handy Papers; Box 20, Folder 5; 1 page
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