Prue Masden
Research Title: The impact of work culture on flexible learning in the workplace

VETEC SA - Department for Correctional Services

Name of Researcher: Prue Madsen

Research Focus:

The research will focus on identifying and analysing the factors that contribute to or inhibit the support provided to flexible learning programs and methods by supervisors and middle management in structured, hierarchical operational organisations.

The underpinning driver for research of this kind is the current investigations being undertaken in a number of correctional organisations on the costs and benefits of making large-scale investments in online learning. This research will provide invaluable guidance on the factors influencing the current culture in correctional workplaces and the ways in which those factors can be addressed to promote and support a significant change in the way training is designed, managed and valued in these organisations.