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Download full textGatti, Mario; Mereu, Maria Grazia; Tagliaferro, Claudio; Markowitsch, Jorg; Neuberger, Robert – 1998
Requirements for vocational skills in the engineering industry in Modena, Italy, and Vienna, Austria, were studied. In Modena, employees of a representative sample of 90 small, medium, and large firms in the mechanical processing, agricultural machinery, and sports car manufacturing sectors were interviewed. In Vienna, data were collected through…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Economic Change
Chataway, Graham – 1991
A study investigated the human and physical resources implications of award restructuring in the textiles and metals industries for the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system in Australia. (Award restructuring is based on union/employer cooperation in a process of negotiation and compromise between employers committed to increased…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Date-Bah, Eugenia, Ed. – 1997
This document contains papers in which 12 experienced gender specialists examine the various developments and elements affecting women's participation as equal players in the workplace and propose actions and policies promoting sex equity in the workplace. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Mary Chinery-Hesse); "Introduction " (Eugenia…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
PDF pending restorationBernhardt, Annette – 1999
The future of low-wage jobs is examined through a case study of firm restructuring in the retail industry. The study confirms that the retailing sector has come to be dominated by the Wal-Mart model, which emphasizes an efficient technology-driven inventory management system and a human resource approach that includes the following elements:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Case Studies
Hall, Richard; Buchanan, John; Bretherton, Tanya; van Barneveld, Kristin; Pickersgill, Richard – 2000
This two-volume document reports on a study of globalization and Australia's training market. Volume 1 begins by examining debate on globalization and industry training in Australia. Discussed next is the study methodology, which involved field studies of the metals and engineering industry in South West Sydney and the Hunter and the information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Collection, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship
Gatti, Mario; Grazia Mereu, Maria; Tagliaferro, Claudio – 2000
Changing occupational profiles in the hotel industry in France, Italy, and Spain were examined in case studies that included interviews with hotel managers, human resource managers, and individuals employed in hotel occupations identified as new or entailing new skills. The study focused on the following topics: (1) changes in the hotel industry…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Business Administration, Case Studies, Competence
Curtin, Penelope, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 31 papers from a conference on future training issues in Australia's industries. The following papers are included: "Training Development in Australia" (Chris Ellison); "Meeting National and Employer Training Requirements" (Mark Paterson); "Meeting Employee Training Requirements" (Bill Mansfield);…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agriculture, Building Trades, Case Studies
