The increasing significance of project-based forms of organizing economic activities in many industries has stimulated considerable interest in project-based firms (PBFs) as distinctive kinds of economic actors that are seen by some as heralding a new logic of organizing. In particular, their fluid,…
The present paper analyzes recent developments in the apprenticeship system in the banking sector. The vocation of bank clerk has traditionally been identified with high social recognition and broad skills and has been regarded as a good starting point for a career. However, for some years the persp…
INTRODUCTION: In 1988, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Health developed the NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship Program (Cadetship Program) to help overcome a junior doctor workforce shortage in rural hospitals. A second aim was to increase recruitment to the rural medical workforce…
Traditional engineering instruction is deductive, beginning with theories and progressing to the applications of those theories. Alternative teaching approaches are more inductive. Topics are introduced by presenting specific observations, case studies or problems, and theories are taught or the stu…
Source:Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
(2006)
The computer revolution together with educational expansion has led to dramatic changes in the structure of the workforce and in the organisation of workplaces in the last four decades. These developments should have different impacts on the use of vocational and general skills. This study compares …
The impact of performance funding on community college student outcomes is a contested issue. Performance funding policies in most U.S. states involve too small a proportion of funding to change college behavior. English further education colleges are similar to U.S. community colleges. 1992 policy …
This exploratory qualitative study elicited the complex constructs underlyingexperienced field instructors’ perspectives about competence. Eighteen experiencedfield instructors were asked to describe exemplary and problematic students, as well as student performance on 7 core dimensions. Themes that…
Source:Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
(2006)
This paper is authored by Fabrizio Cardinali, the CEO of Giunti Interactive Labs (www.giuntilabs.com), provider of Europe's leading SCORM based eLearning and Mobile Learning Content Management Solution, learn eXact™. The paper introduces how new generation Learning Content Management Services and So…
