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Neoliberalism and austerity have led to a growing inequality gap and increasing levels of poverty and social harm. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Chris Jones and Tony Novak look at consequences of poverty and inequality and the challenge they pose to the engaged social work academic and practitioner. There are many studies of poverty that look at competing definitions (and some of the consequences) of poverty in modern society. Here the authors argue that, especially for a profession with a claimed commitment to values based on equality, social justice and meeting human need, poverty and immiserisation impose a requirement on social workers to speak out and not to collude with social policies that make the plight of the impoverished even harder and their lives even worse. © The Policy Press 2012.

Research into the ways in which life chances are shaped by structures of opportunity and risk has been increasingly influenced by theories of reflexive modernisation and the role of human agency, and the availability of large-scale data sets and cohort studies to model relationships from the early years into and through adult life. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012.

The main purpose of this survey is to get industrial employers' feedback on the reasons for their lack of involvement in National Dual Training System (NDTS) organized by the Department of Skills Development, Ministry of human Resources Malaysia. Industrial employers' involvement and support is very important in ensuring NDTS implementation success. Therefore, it is very critical to identify factors and barriers that hinder industrial sectors from participating in NDTS program. A survey questionnaire was developed to act as a data collection instrument. Survey questionnaire was sent to 5,000 companies comprising of multinationals, small and medium-sized industries. However, only 509 companies returned the completed questionnaires giving a low response rate of 10.18%. Survey results revealed the following factors hinders industrial sectors from participating in NDTS program; they are: training culture, organizational structure, financial and physical resources, policies, NDTS awareness, employer's commitment and technological factors. In addition, survey result showed respondents companies have good training culture; however, they tend to focus on-the-job training. Majority of respondents did not participate in the NDTS because they were not aware about its existence and no information or publicity materials made available to them. Therefore, the authors strongly suggest the Department of Skills Development, Ministry of human Resources Malaysia to enhance their promotion and publicity campaign on NDTS program to industrial sectors.

What happens to young people who are defined as lower attainers or having learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy? How do we stop those with learning difficulties or disabilities being seen as social problems or simply as consumers of resources? Governments in developed countries are driven by the belief that in a global economy all citizens should be economically productive, yet they are still not clear about the relationship between the education of low attainers and the labour market. Ignorant Yobs?: Low Attainers in a Global Knowledge Economy examines this international phenomenon, exploring how those with learning difficulties are treated in a world economy where even low-skilled jobs require qualifications. This unique book provides an examination of countries which converge on the issue of the low attaining population, despite differing on political, economic and cultural dimensions. In doing so, it considers some thorny issues at the forefront of education policy and provision: • The increasing competitive stratification within education systems; • The impact of governments who have put competition in the labour market at the heart of their policies; • Social control of potentially disruptive groups, social cohesion and the human rights agenda; • The expansion of a special education industry driven by the needs of middle class, aspirant and knowledgeable parents, anxious about the success of their 'less able' children. Written by an internationally renowned scholar, Ignorant Yobs?: Low Attainers in a Global Knowledge Economy synthesises a range of complex, highly topical issues and suggests how those with learning difficulties might, with government and employer support, contribute to a flexible labour market. This book, using original discussions in England, the USA, Germany, Malta and Finland, will be of interest to a wide audience of policy-makers, practitioners, administrators, and politicians, in addition to undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and academics. © 2013 Sally Tomlinson. All rights reserved.

Whilst there are many books on knowledge management there are few aimed directly at HR practitioners and the critical role that they can play in building a knowledge-centric culture. This practical book draws on the author's own experience, as well as that of leading-edge human Resource and Knowledge Management practitioners (including Linda Holbeche, Elizabeth Lank, and David Snowden), each of whom recognise that building a knowledge-centric culture cannot be achieved through technology alone. It covers areas such as: * Defining the key ingredients of a knowledge-centric culture * The changing structures, roles and responsibilities needed to create a knowledge-centric culture * HR's unique contribution to building a knowledge-centric culture, together with practical steps for getting started on the KM journey and for keeping the momentum going * Tools and techniques for: opening up a dialogue about why knowledge management is crucial for business and personal success; knowledge mapping; encouraging and facilitating knowledge sharing, as well as ways of identifying key knowledge players * How to help your organisation reframe its assumptions about learning in the knowledge economy * How to ensure that your HR practices are knowledge aligned. © 2003, Christina Evans. All rights reserved.

This study explores women's experiences with project-based learning within the context of introductory engineering courses at two community colleges and one four-year institution. The study was framed by Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological systems theory [Bronfenbrenner, U., The Ecology of human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1979]. Findings were based on analyses of data gathered through multiple qualitative methods: observations; individual interviews with female students; focus group interviews with project teams; and document collection. This study's findings showed that participants' project teams were a critically important microsystem within participants' ecological environments. Within this sometimes "chilly" microsystem, female students negotiated intrateam processes, which were in some cases affected by gender norms. Intrateam processes that influenced female students' project-based learning experiences included interpersonal dynamics; leadership; and division of labor. Study findings point toward ways that engineering educators might attend to the intrateam processes identified, and better accommodate the needs of all students in project-based introductory courses. © 2012 by Begell House, Inc.