Performance Management: Putting Research into Action

Informal Learning and Development Planning

A critical part of successful performance management is good development planning, and a substantial portion of development planning includes informal learning activities. While there is little guidance from the empirical literature about the characteristic of good development planning, it seems reasonable to assume that, if most development planning activities are informal, then that literature applies to creating effective development plans. Development activities that involve informal learning should use principles from informal learning as a guide. For example, a sales manager might include “make a sales presentation to a client with the sales manager in attendance after participating in three ...