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APL: The Relationship between Rhetoric and Reality.
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Smith, Alison; Preston, Diane – Management Education and Development, 1993
According to survey responses from 20 British companies (21%), 4 had not heard of accreditation of prior learning (APL), 13 did not use it, and 3 did, although not specifically for management development. Nonusers had some negative attitudes toward APL, dismaying considering its potential role in the competence approach to management development.…
Descriptors: Credits, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Management Development
The Development of Black and Female Managers in South Africa: Why Many Affirmative Action Programmes Fail.
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Human, Linda – Management Education and Development, 1993
Analysis of affirmative action in South Africa suggests it fails because (1) it is based on developing blacks and women to function in a fundamentally unchanged work environment; (2) it is often seen as quota filling and not development; and (3) many expect it to fail and commitment is lacking. (SK)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Employment Practices, Females