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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
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
The completion of the single market by the end of 1992 will remove internal obstacles to the free flow of goods and services within the European Community. The implications for education and training, and in particular for those colleges selling customized updating and similar courses to companies and organizations, are far-reaching. This bulletin…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Owen, C.; Bound, H. – 2001
A study investigated knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to operate in new working arrangements where people operate in alliance with others. Six strategic alliances were selected across three states and different industries. Participants in contractor alliances and stakeholders in the study were interviewed. Findings indicated that all…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Knight, Lilian; Harris, Stuart – 1991
A project was conducted in Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands, England, to determine needs for engineering training in the face of declining industry and to halt the decline in industry and enrollment in the three colleges in the area. A project leader was chosen and a team trained in 3 weeks of workshops on market research, training…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Hilowitz, Janet – 1987
This literature survey analyzes the process of industrial restructuring as it is occurring in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. It looks in particular at how various agents of education and training in these countries--the school system, public and private education and training institutions and firms--are responding…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Markowitsch, Jorg; Kollinger, Iris; Warmerdam, John; Moerel, Hans; Konrad, John; Burell, Catherine; Guile, David – 2002
A comparative analysis of human resources development and management in the subsidiaries of three multinational companies (Xerox, Glaxo Wellcome, and AXA Nordstern Colonia) was conducted in these three European Union (EU) member states: Austria, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Case studies were used, focusing on competence needs and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Competence
Simons, Michele; Harris, Roger – 2001
A research project chronicling the nature and extent of the structured staff development undertaken by teachers and trainers employed at public and private providers of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia was one component of a larger study that examined the changing role of staff development for VET teachers and trainers. Data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuing Education, Course Content, Developed Nations
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains the following seven papers, all in both English and Korean, from a conference on human resources development and school-to-work transitions in the knowledge-based society: "The U.S. Experience as a Knowledge-based Economy in Transition and Its Impact on Industrial and Employment Structures" (Eric Im); "Changes…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developed Nations, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains the following five papers, all in both English and Korean, from a workshop on on-the-job training held in Korea in 2001: "Issues in Knowledge and Skills Development: Globalization and the Effective Use of New Technologies" (S. Ian Cummings); "The Knowledge Economy and Vocational Training Policy in Korea"…
Descriptors: Change, Corporate Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
No longer is it possible for individuals to go through their working lives using only the skills and training they acquired during their initial schooling. Instead, they need to continually acquire new skills and re-think their career goals to meet changing job requirements and economic conditions. In order to help adults learn new skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Capitalism, Career Choice, Career Development
Malone, Susan E.; Arnove, Robert F. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for individuals engaged in educational planning and administration, senior government officials, and policymakers in developing and developed countries alike, provides guidance regarding planning, implementing, and administering learner-centered adult literacy programs. Chapter 1 examines the following topics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
2002
The first of three papers from this symposium on cross-cultural human resource development (HRD), "Determinants of Supply of Technical Training Opportunities for Human Capital Development in Kenya" (Moses Waithanji Ngware, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho) reports findings from interviews of technical training institute department heads in Kenya…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cherokee (Tribe), Comparative Analysis
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria
