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Using fictional stories to facilitate training and development

Using fictional stories to facilitate training and development
Using fictional stories to facilitate training and development
This account focuses on reporting the use of a fictional story to engage participants in a workshop on improving employee performance. Examples of fictional accounts appropriate for training and development (T&D) uses and the advantages of using workplace-related fictional stories for T&D purposes are discussed. Improving efficiency, providing a safe learning environment, avoiding groupthink, removing negative attitudes towards stories and increasing access to varied stories are the advantages of using fiction as a story source for T&D purposes. This account has practical implications for Human Resource and T&D professionals.
1367-8868
491-496
Beigi, Mina
2986037e-5bb3-4ec0-be55-bf291ac17e24
Beigi, Mina
2986037e-5bb3-4ec0-be55-bf291ac17e24

Beigi, Mina (2014) Using fictional stories to facilitate training and development. Human Resource Development International, 17 (4), 491-496. (doi:10.1080/13678868.2014.932083).

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Abstract

This account focuses on reporting the use of a fictional story to engage participants in a workshop on improving employee performance. Examples of fictional accounts appropriate for training and development (T&D) uses and the advantages of using workplace-related fictional stories for T&D purposes are discussed. Improving efficiency, providing a safe learning environment, avoiding groupthink, removing negative attitudes towards stories and increasing access to varied stories are the advantages of using fiction as a story source for T&D purposes. This account has practical implications for Human Resource and T&D professionals.

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Published date: 30 June 2014

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Local EPrints ID: 413188
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413188
ISSN: 1367-8868
PURE UUID: efa12178-671c-41c9-b811-86402dd56c7f
ORCID for Mina Beigi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-7205

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Date deposited: 17 Aug 2017 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:31

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