Data Analysis of Workplace Learning with BOOST

Micro enterprises with less than 20 employees represent the majority of companies in developed economies. To achieve a positive attitude from both sides (i.e. company and employee) towards workplace learning in these settings, target competences of employees need to relate to business needs and learning should be done at the workplace. In this paper, we combine methodologies focusing on business critical needs that are linked seamlessly with learning resources by means of a simple, ready-to-use Web-based learning environment. As a result a cross-border and cross-cultural approach to increase participation of micro enterprises in the workplace learning was created. We collected data about 79 users from 56 micro enterprises in different countries with various settings. Our analysis investigates behavior of employees and managers in this workplace-learning environment, considering our original requirements.