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Becker, Franklin; Quinn, Kristen L.; Rappaport, Andrew J.; Sims, William R. – 1994
This document reports a study that examined implementation processes for new workplace practices--nonterritorial offices--in five international organizations in four countries. The organizations are IBM and Ernst & Young in the United Kingdom; Digital Equipment's Natural Office in Sweden; SOL Cleaning Company headquarters in Finland; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Koper, Johannes; Zaremba, Hans Jurgen – 2000
This book examines how quality management is implemented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It presents the survey results as two sector studies. Competitive and specialization tendencies of the sectors and company concepts of "quality" and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Developed Nations, Food Processing Occupations, Foreign Countries
Forrester, Keith, Ed.; Ward, Kevin, Ed. – 1991
This book contains 12 chapters, each of which is a case study or a commentary on the unemployment of the 1980s and early 1990s and on the programs devised to retrain workers. Titles and authors are as follows: "Understanding Unemployment: A Critical Overview of Labour Market Trends, Employment, and Unemployment: (John Hughes); "A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations
Intergenerational Programmes: Public Policy and Research Implications--An International Perspective.
Hatton-Yeo, Alan, Ed.; Ohsako, Toshio, Ed. – 2000
This document consists of 12 papers that, together, summarize the key issues underpinning future research and policy development related to intergenerational programs (IPs). "Introduction" (Alan Hatton-Yeo) discusses the project out of which the papers developed. "A General Assessment of IP Initiatives in the Countries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies