The positive plasticity of adult development: Potential for the 21st century.

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-553
Author(s):  
Ursula M. Staudinger
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Development Potential

21st Century Learning Opportunities for SME Success

E-Marketing ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 781-802
Author(s):  
Kathleen P. King ◽  
John J Foley
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Imperfect Information ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
21St Century Learning ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Medium Enterprise

This chapter informs SME (small and medium enterprise) owners, developers, consultants, and academics with the reasons, means, and possibilities afforded by 21st century technology in helping SMEs to improve their operational efficiencies and discover more effective marketing strategies for their products and services. With the rapid development and broad-based integration of web-based technologies across domains of communication, marketing, e-Commerce, and training, SMEs can benefit greatly by using these inexpensive tools to their advantage. SMEs typically underutilize opportunities to enhance their efficiencies by using more complex e-Business systems, and in so doing under develop the talents of their workforce for innovation and success. This underutilization is not just because of ignorance of technological capabilities, but also from a lack of exposure to leadership and HR development training. Knowing the need to learn must be a strong foundation before technological development can ensue. This chapter provides a synthesis of research and literature across several related, but seldomly connected fields - including, organizational theory, leadership, adult development and learning, 21st century learning, distance learning and human resource management. In developing this chapter, the authors are attempting to communicate the need for SMEs to both develop leadership and technological program developments to implement the changes needed to compete in a marketplace that reflects rapid change and imperfect information.

Growing leaders in schools and out: building internal capacity for the mid-21st-century

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Eleanor Drago-Severson ◽  
Jessica Blum-DeStefano
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Developmental Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
21St Century Leadership ◽  
Internal Capacity ◽  
Do So

Purpose This article highlights key elements of a developmental approach to leadership development and their promising connections to mid-21st-century capacities. Methods To do so, the authors draw from more than three decades of mixed-methods and qualitative research, as well as insights from their teaching and consulting with leaders of all kinds about adult development. Findings Specifically, four critical strategies are highlighted for enhancing collaboration that can help build internal capacity in schools and organizations. Value This research shows that building internal capacity in this way can help prepare leaders – and those in their schools and communities – for the complexities and opportunities of mid-21st-century leadership and learning.

Work in the 21st century: New directions for aging and adult development.

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip L. Ackerman ◽  
Ruth Kanfer
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
New Directions

21st Century Learning Opportunities for SME Success

2012 ◽  
pp. 731-752
Author(s):  
Kathleen P. King ◽  
John J Foley
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Imperfect Information ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
21St Century Learning ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Medium Enterprise

This chapter informs SME (small and medium enterprise) owners, developers, consultants, and academics with the reasons, means, and possibilities afforded by 21st century technology in helping SMEs to improve their operational efficiencies and discover more effective marketing strategies for their products and services. With the rapid development and broad-based integration of web-based technologies across domains of communication, marketing, e-Commerce, and training, SMEs can benefit greatly by using these inexpensive tools to their advantage. SMEs typically underutilize opportunities to enhance their efficiencies by using more complex e-Business systems, and in so doing under develop the talents of their workforce for innovation and success. This underutilization is not just because of ignorance of technological capabilities, but also from a lack of exposure to leadership and HR development training. Knowing the need to learn must be a strong foundation before technological development can ensue. This chapter provides a synthesis of research and literature across several related, but seldomly connected fields - including, organizational theory, leadership, adult development and learning, 21st century learning, distance learning and human resource management. In developing this chapter, the authors are attempting to communicate the need for SMEs to both develop leadership and technological program developments to implement the changes needed to compete in a marketplace that reflects rapid change and imperfect information.

21st Century Learning Opportunities for SME Success

2010 ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Kathleen P. King ◽  
John J Foley
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Imperfect Information ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
21St Century Learning ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Medium Enterprise

This chapter informs SME (small and medium enterprise) owners, developers, consultants, and academics with the reasons, means, and possibilities afforded by 21st century technology in helping SMEs to improve their operational efficiencies and discover more effective marketing strategies for their products and services. With the rapid development and broad-based integration of web-based technologies across domains of communication, marketing, e-Commerce, and training, SMEs can benefit greatly by using these inexpensive tools to their advantage. SMEs typically underutilize opportunities to enhance their efficiencies by using more complex e-Business systems, and in so doing under develop the talents of their workforce for innovation and success. This underutilization is not just because of ignorance of technological capabilities, but also from a lack of exposure to leadership and HR development training. Knowing the need to learn must be a strong foundation before technological development can ensue. This chapter provides a synthesis of research and literature across several related, but seldomly connected fields - including, organizational theory, leadership, adult development and learning, 21st century learning, distance learning and human resource management. In developing this chapter, the authors are attempting to communicate the need for SMEs to both develop leadership and technological program developments to implement the changes needed to compete in a marketplace that reflects rapid change and imperfect information.

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