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ERIC Number: EJ906006
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Nov
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0158-037X
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Mass Customization of Teaching and Training in Organizations: Design Principles and Prototype Evaluation
Nistor, Nicolae; Dehne, Anina; Drews, Frank Thomas
Studies in Continuing Education, v32 n3 p251-267 Nov 2010
In search of methods that improve the efficiency of teaching and training in organizations, several authors point out that mass customization (MC) is a principle that covers individual needs of knowledge and skills and, at the same time limits the development costs of customized training to those of mass training. MC is proven and established in the economic sector, and shows high potential for continuing education, too. The paper explores this potential and proposes a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach to teaching and training in organizations. The first section of the paper formulates four design principles of MC deduced from an examination of economics literature. The second section presents amit[TM], a frame for mass customized training, designed according to the principles presented in the first section. The evaluation results encourage the further development and use of mass customized training in continuing education, and offer suggestions for future research. (Contains 2 figures and 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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