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Araujo e Oliveira, Joao Batista – 1991
Case studies of five French firms illustrate the impact of new work technologies on training. Liquid Corporation has embarked on changes in production technology in response to market needs. Four aspects of the change process are as follows: creating the climate for change, selecting operators, defining new training requirements, and training for…
Descriptors: Automation, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Employment Practices
Download full textde Blignieres-Legeraud, Anne; Gerard, Francoise; Selka, Reinhard; Voskamp, Heinz-Dieter; Laermanns, Mathias – 2000
This publication highlights the role of the tutor (a person providing on-the-job training to new hires and persons moving into new jobs while still functioning in the same or a similar job, rather than being a full-time trainer) in industry through a comparative study of these four European countries: Austria, France, Germany, and Spain. Following…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Employer Employee Relationship
Aventur, Francois; Campo, Christian; Moebus, Martine – Training & Employment, 1999
A study compared 17 European countries' initial and continuing vocational training systems. Two kinds of continuing training (CT)--that which is initiated by the employer and that which is intiated by the individual--provide an indicator for comparing the different situations observed throughout the European Community. The two forms are mutually…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Tjepkema, Saskia, Ed.; Stewart, Jim, Ed.; Sambrook, Sally, Ed.; Mulder, Martin, Ed.; ter Horst, Hilde, Ed.; Scheerens, Jaap, Ed. – 2002
This book presents results of a European study into the changing role of human resource development (HRD). Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the background, objectives, research questions, and underlying research project. Chapter 2, "Learning Organizations and HRD" (Saskia Tjepkema, Hilde ter Horst, Martin Mulder), discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Merchiers, Jacques – Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1991
Transformations in the French metalworking industries have given rise to numerous studies on employment and job content in metallurgy over the past decade. One study related technical transformations to changes in the skills content of certain categories of workers. Although automation results in the elimination of certain know-how belonging to an…
Descriptors: Adults, Automation, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education
Guggenheim, Eric Fries – 2003
Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
Sogaard, Jorn, Comp.; Wollschlager, Norbert, Comp. – 2000
These 12 papers represent different perspectives concerning internationalization of vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. The papers are: (1) "Internationalisation of Vocational Training in Europe" (Margrethe Vestager); (2) "International Employees Plead for Education and Assistance in Adjusting to Living in Foreign…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Certificates
d'Iribarne, Alain; Lemaitre, Annick – 1987
This document studies the role of unions and management in vocational training in France. Through an analysis of existing and historical structures governing cooperation and coordination between the social partners and the public bodies responsible for vocational education and training, an in-depth investigation was carried out and proposals for…
Descriptors: Banking, Construction Industry, Continuing Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Vocational Training, 1991
This issue of a biannual journal on vocational training focuses on national and European Community initiatives for the training of trainers. The 14 articles are as follows: "Training Personnel--The Mainstay of Success" (Helmut Brumhard); "Training of Trainers--An Essential Subject in the Social Dialogue" (Joao Proenca);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries
Bentabet, Elyes; Michun, Stephane; Trouve, Philippe – Training & Employment, 1998
In France, a "Very Small Enterprise" (VSE) is defined as a legally independent company with fewer than 10 salaried employees. VSEs are characterized by a great deal of movement in the creation, transformation, and disappearance of jobs and the extent of turnover, which seems tied with intensive use of public employment programs, notably…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Continuing Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Giffard, Andre; Guegnard, Christine; Strietska-Ilina, Olga – Training & Employment, 2001
A pilot study on the hotel, catering, and tourism sector was conducted in the Burgundy region of France, Northwest region of the Czech Republic, and Podravje region of Slovenia. Three main kinds of factors of change were brought out. The first, evoked in Slovenia and the Czech Republic, concerned the opening of borders. Typical trends were…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Course Content, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
CEDEFOP Flash, 1994
A 1993 study compared trends in the structure of qualifications for occupations related to the installation, management, and maintenance of computer networks in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. Staff involved in networks required specialized new skills related to feasibility and design, installation,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
