Customizing learning programs to the organization and its emplyees:How HRD practitioners create tailored learning programs

This study investigates how HRD practitioners customise learning programs, that is, tailor them to take into account the demands set by organisation and participants. A theoretical account of the relations between learning programmes and organisational/individual characteristics is provided. Results from an action-research project involving 13 learning programmes conducted in healthcare institutions are presented. The main conclusion of the study is that the seven HRD practitioners in our sample used few strategies to customise learning programmes

Predictive simulations identify potential neuromuscular contributors to idiopathic toe walking

Background: Most cases of toe walking in children are idiopathic. We used pathology-specific neuromusculoskeletal predictive simulations to identify potential underlying neural and muscular mechanisms contributing to idiopathic toe walking. Methods: A musculotendon contracture was added to the ankle plantarflexors of a generic musculoskeletal model to represent a pathology-specific contracture model, matching the reduced ankle dorsiflexion range-of-motion in a cohort of children with idiopathic toe walking. This model was employed in a forward dynamic simulation controlled by reflexes and supraspinal drive, governed by a multi-objective cost function to predict gait patterns with the contracture model. We validated the predicted gait using experimental gait data from children with idiopathic toe walking with ankle contracture, by calculating the root mean square errors averaged over all biomechanical variables. Findings:A predictive simulation with the pathology-specific model with contracture approached experimental ITW data (root mean square error = 1.37SD). Gastrocnemius activation was doubled from typical gait simulations, but lacked a peak in early stance as present in electromyography. This synthesised idiopathic toe walking was more costly for all cost function criteria than typical gait simulation. Also, it employed a different neural control strategy, with increased length- and velocity-based reflex gains to the plantarflexors in early stance and swing than typical gait simulations. Interpretation: The simulations provide insights into how a musculotendon contracture combined with altered neural control could contribute to idiopathic toe walking. Insights into these neuromuscular mechanisms could guide future computational and experimental studies to gain improved insight into the cause of idiopathic toe walking.</p

Leerwegcreatie in arbeidsorganisaties: theorie en onderzoek over de samenhang tussen werk en leerwegen in het primaire proces van organisaties

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Leertrajecten op maat van organisatie en medewerkers. Een onderzoek naar maatwerkvan opleidingsadviseurs in leeretrajecten

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Ontwikkelen van leernetwerken in organisaties

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Wie organiseren leersystemen? De onderschatte invloed van managers en werknemers

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Leerverbanden van leraren creëren

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Werk en leertrajecten in arbeidsorganisaties: Onderzoek naar de invloed van werk en actoren op het creeren van leertrajecten

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