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Nakagawa, Nami; Okano, Hitomi; Kyoba, Yuuichi; Yamada, Seiichiro; Suzuki, Hiroaki; Tsuda, Masaaki; Yano, Shingo; Makimura, Mizue; Watanabe, Kazuo; Yamamura, Shigeo – World Journal of Education, 2018
Purpose: The Japanese healthcare system has designated registered sales clerks to sell over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Because of this, the AEON HAPYCOM Comprehensive Training Organization implemented an education program to train registered clerks in 2014. The program is unique; it consists of both lectures and hands-on workshop components. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sales Occupations, Job Training, Pharmacy
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Acevedo, Jose M.; Yancey, George B. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the importance of new employee orientation (NEO) programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides a viewpoint of the importance of new employee orientation programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Findings: Although western…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Staff Orientation, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
Medrich, Elliott A.; And Others – 1994
This report examines data and data quality on vocational education and training available from the seven highly developed countries that make up the G-7: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Following an introduction, chapter 2 describes the nature of vocational education and training opportunities at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
The first of a series of productivity primers examining the interrelationship among vocational education, productivity, and economic development, this volume contains selections from a national conference on the role of vocational education in economic development and productivity that was held in Columbus, Ohio from June 24 through June 26, 1981.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Hayes, Chris – 1986
A comparison of the vocational education and training (VET) offered in Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States revealed that programs in all three nations emphasized the following aims: competence at work, commitment of all to achieve excellence, and capacity to contribute to change. Organizations in all three nations were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Keating, J.; Medrich, E.; Volkoff, V.; Perry, J. – 2002
A study to compare vocational education and training (VET) systems examined nine countries across these three large geographical regions: Europe, East Asia, and the Americas. It explored variables that most define and influence characteristics, behavior, and apparent success of VET systems and the impact of change. The nine systems were chosen on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Demography