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Fang, Bo; Zhang, Panpan; Kim, Sehoon – European Journal of Training and Development, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore recent national human resource development (NHRD) practices in China through a literature review focusing on programs and activities that represent the roles and interactions among the government, industry and universities. Design/methodology/approach: To effectively consolidate previous work and…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, School Business Relationship, Government School Relationship
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Arthur-Mensah, Nana; Alagaraja, Meera – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore trends and changes in technical vocational education and training (TVET) in emerging economies as a national human resource development (NHRD) approach and its practical applications using Ghana as an example. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach was used to develop an in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Human Resources
Smith, Andrew; Courvisanos, Jerry; Tuck, Jacqueline; McEachern, Steven – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This report examines the link between human resource management practices and innovation. It is based on a conceptual framework in which "human resource stimuli measures"--work organisation, working time, areas of training and creativity--feed into innovative capacity or innovation. Of course, having innovative capacity does not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Creativity, Human Capital
Smith, Andrew; Courvisanos, Jerry; Tuck, Jacqueline; McEachern, Steven – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Building the Capacity to Innovate: The Role of Human Capital," and is an added resource for further information. This document contains the following appendices: (1) Survey methodology; (2) Synopsis of the literature; (3) Interview questions; and (4) Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Literature Reviews
Butteriss, Margaret – 1971
This study on job enrichment was undertaken because the participation of workers in the management of their employment is a matter of rising interest in several countries of various political, economic, and social states, some of which have only recently entered upon industrialization. The study contains four parts. Part I, Theoretical background,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Economic Development, Employee Attitudes
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning. – 1964
A listing of 11 annotated bibliographies on educational planning is followed by four main sections containing brief descriptions of over 500 items related to educational planning in both the developed and the developing nations. Most of the items (books, articles, monographs, seminar and conference papers, and research reports) were published…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
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Swetnam, John J. – Human Organization, 1980
Data on a commercial and an agricultural Guatemalan population indicates most peasants derive income from both agricultural and nonagricultural sources. While disguised employment does not utilize labor at its most efficient level, development projects should complement traditional economic activities and recognize that diversion of peasant labor…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Dropouts
Cohen, Sanford, Ed. – 1966
Summaries of 62 papers presented at the Sixth International Manpower Seminar are given. Four major topics were emphasized: (1) "Human Resources in Economic and Social Growth" dealth with basic concepts of human resources, natural resources, and economic resources, (2) "Manpower Planning and Allocation in Economic Development"…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Conference Reports
Ashton, David; Green, Francis; James, Donna; Sung, Johnny – 1999
This book provides a detailed analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia and the relationship with the process of economic growth. Focus is on four impoverished agrarian economies--Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan--that were transformed in little more than a generation into East Asian "tigers":…
Descriptors: Boomtowns, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Manitoba Dept. of Agriculture, Winnipeg. – 1978
In the 1970's Rural Development Counselors and Community Affairs Specialists of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture were part of an effort to reverse trends of economic depression and rapid outward migration from rural to urban centers by assisting rural Manitobans individually, in groups, and as communities. Low- to moderate-income farmers and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Problems
Warmbrod, Catharine P.; Faddis, Constance R. – 1983
Designed for use by postsecondary educators involved in teaching displaced workers, this guidebook provides an in-depth look at successful upgrading and retraining programs in colleges in diverse situations across the country. The rationale for a human resource emphasis in economic development and the role of the two-year college in economic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Continuing Education, Coordination, Economic Development