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Building Capability: Flipping the Zone of Proximal Development For Talent Management

Building Capability: Flipping the Zone of Proximal Development For Talent Management

Kevin Paul Barrons, Thomas C. McGinnis
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522519614|ISBN10: 1522519610|EISBN13: 9781522519621
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1961-4.ch011
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Barrons, Kevin Paul, and Thomas C. McGinnis. "Building Capability: Flipping the Zone of Proximal Development For Talent Management." Effective Talent Management Strategies for Organizational Success, edited by Mambo Mupepi, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 160-176. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1961-4.ch011

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Barrons, K. P. & McGinnis, T. C. (2017). Building Capability: Flipping the Zone of Proximal Development For Talent Management. In M. Mupepi (Ed.), Effective Talent Management Strategies for Organizational Success (pp. 160-176). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1961-4.ch011

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Barrons, Kevin Paul, and Thomas C. McGinnis. "Building Capability: Flipping the Zone of Proximal Development For Talent Management." In Effective Talent Management Strategies for Organizational Success, edited by Mambo Mupepi, 160-176. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1961-4.ch011

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Abstract

Currently, new approaches for training can effectively adopt the “Flipped” model of instruction as an important means of organizing and developing workforce competencies. One of the goals in the university setting at Grand Valley State University is to improve skills and training opportunities which can most efficiently utilize training time. In order to improve cognitive practice and increase skillfulness in a value creation socio-technical system, the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is deployed to progress the talent needed to advance productivity. Seeing much success is noticed in this newest pedagogy “flipped instruction” design, it has changed various disciplines in business education which can best be applied to the training component of the workforce today. The success of this model continues to create higher learner motivation resulting in desired outcomes. The technology of the ZPD juxtaposed with the flipped classroom technique can lead to the improvement of a highly talented workforce.

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