Learning Motivation & Activities 1 Caroline Mol – M.Sc. Organizational Psychology; Learning Professional and Part-time Ph.d Student at the Tilburg University

Introduction 2 Take a moment and think about the learning programs that you didn’t like that much; Why was this? And how effective do you consider that learning event? Take a moment and think about the programs that you really enjoyed: what were the reasons? Why do you attend Learning2014?

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4 Why?What? Learning Motives: 1.Professional Functioning 2.Career Development 3.Personal Development 4.Social Functioning 5.Social Pressure Learning Activities: 1.Doing one’s job 2.Adding something new to the job 3.Learning through social interaction 4.Learning by theory 5.Learning through Reflection Employees are much more strategic than we think they are! (c) Rob Poell 2011

Discussion Questions How does your organization offer personalized learning? And how does that look like? To which extent do you try to align learning with the business as well as with the individual needs, e.g. based on PDPs? Push & Pull – finding the right balance: how do you provide learning structured, but still relevant for the employee? 5