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Ireland: The Emerald Isle: Management Research in a Changing European Context

Journal Article
Dineen, D. A., & Garavan, T. N. (1994)
Ireland: The Emerald Isle: Management Research in a Changing European Context. International Studies of Management and Organization, 24(1-2), 137-164. doi:10.1080/00208825.1994.11656628
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Supervisory Training and Development:: The Use of Learning Contracts

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Sweeney, P. (1994)
Supervisory Training and Development:: The Use of Learning Contracts. Journal of European industrial training, 18(2), 17-26. doi:10.1108/03090599410055631
Examines the use of learning contracts to achieve supervisory development in an organization with highly centralized decision‐making processes and a strong power‐based culture...

INTRODUCING END‐USER COMPUTING: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 2

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & McCracken, C. (1993)
INTRODUCING END‐USER COMPUTING: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 2. Industrial and Commercial Training, 25(9), null. doi:10.1108/00197859310043974
Part 1 described the growth in end‐user computing and the problems which it presents for training and general computer literacy, highlighting a number of elements necessary to...

The Training and Development Function: Its Search for Power and Influence in Organizations

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Barnicle, B., & Heraty, N. (1993)
The Training and Development Function: Its Search for Power and Influence in Organizations. Journal of European industrial training, 17(7), doi:10.1108/03090599310042519
Reviews some of the literature on power and influence as it relates to the training and development function. Highlights a number of difficulties that confront the training an...

INTRODUCING END‐USER COMPUTING: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 1

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & McCracken, C. (1993)
INTRODUCING END‐USER COMPUTING: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 1. Industrial and Commercial Training, 25(7), null. doi:10.1108/00197859310042443
End‐user computing is now a reality in many organizations. The variety of end users is considerable and it has many implications for their training and development. Focuses on...

Promoting strategic career development activities: some Irish experience

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1990)
Promoting strategic career development activities: some Irish experience. Industrial and Commercial Training, 22(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000001571
The nature of career development, in particular the confusion which arises in trying to define it, are considered. Two key elements of career development are identified, namel...

Indigenous High Technology Companies: A Novel Training Intervention

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Murphy, D. (1989)
Indigenous High Technology Companies: A Novel Training Intervention. Journal of European industrial training, 13(8), https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000000204
A high technology company formation training intervention undertaken at an Innovation Centre in the Mid‐West of Ireland is described and analysed. The programme aimed to stimu...

Promoting Natural Learning Activities within the Organisation

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1987)
Promoting Natural Learning Activities within the Organisation. Journal of European industrial training, 11(7), 18-22. doi:10.1108/eb002233
The idea that learning is a natural human activity which takes place in a relatively non‐contrived way as part of everyday life has, in the author's experience, been lost when...