Constructing Learning: Adversarial and Collaborative Working in the British Construction Industry

Autor/inn/en	Bishop, Dan; Felstead, Alan; Fuller, Alison; Jewson, Nick; Unwin, Lorna; Kakavelakis, Konstantinos
Titel	Constructing Learning: Adversarial and Collaborative Working in the British Construction Industry
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 22 (2009) 4, S.243-260 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Learning Theories; Construction Industry; Cooperation; Construction (Process); Partnerships in Education; Intervention; Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Baugewerbe; Co-operation; Kooperation; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Evaluierung
Abstract	This paper examines two competing systems of work organisation in the British construction industry and their consequences for learning. Under the traditional "adversarial" system, conflict, hostility and litigation between contractors are commonplace. Such a climate actively militates against collective learning and knowledge sharing between parties. Conversely, under "collaborative working", contractors share risks, pool knowledge and work together to solve problems at all stages and levels in the productive system--a process conceptualised as "knotworking" by some theorists. The paper argues that such learning theories fail to take adequately into account the heavy hand of history and the importance of understanding the nature of the productive systems in which "knotworking" is expected to take root. Both place limits on making "knotworking" a habitual and commonplace activity in construction. (As Provided).
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