Source:Management and Leadership Development
(2008)
Chris Mabey and Tim Finch-Lees provide a fresh analysis of the concept and practice of management and leadership development (MLD). Grounded in research, the authors set out the current state of management and leadership development practices, before introducing readers to competing theories of MLD …
Source:Education and Training 14-19: Curriculum, Qualifications and Organization
(2008)
The authors provide an overview of current policy in the 14-19 area. They cover changes to 14-19 education, diplomas, and work-based learning in the context of new developments. They provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the new 14-19 phase with a focus on A levels and GCSEs, the new 14-…
Source:The Learning Potential of the Workplace
(2008)
IN THIS CHAPTER WE ARGUE that understanding work-related learning needs a set of differentiating rationalities in relation to the institutions that are involved in educational rationality: education as preparation for work. The learning potential of the workplace is often discussed from this goal ra…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2008)
This article provides an update on the Special Edition of the Journal of Vocational Education and Training 57, no. 3, 2005, which focused on the launch of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) in South Africa. The analysis here evaluates the impact of the first phase of the NSDS, which ran…
Source:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2008)
Health and Social Care Foundation Degree (FD HSC) development commenced at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) in 2005: the university already had a variety of validated programmes of this design, thus this new provision was able to draw on expertise of proven worth in the local economy. Over…
Source:ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
(2008)
Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Center for Water Resource Studies and the Bowling Green Community College of Western Kentucky University has formed a partnership to address a Water & Wastewater Operator/Technician shortage anticipated over the next few years as "Baby Boomers" retire. The…
Source:Managing the Human Factor: The Early Years of Human Resource Management in American Industry
(2008)
Human resource departments are key components in the people management system of nearly every medium-to-large organization in the industrial world. They provide a wide range of essential services relating to employees, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and labor relations. A c…
Source:The Learning Potential of the Workplace
(2008)
WEB-BASED LEARNING AND TRAINING is becoming more important in vocational education and training. Such online learning environments make high demands on motivation for both trainers and learners. What is interesting in this respect is whether theories of motivation can predict the actual motivation o…
