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Musah Bukari; Ebenezer Kofi Howard; Patrick Osei-Poku – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2025
In Technical Universities in Ghana, the Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes are well-established higher education programmes for the provision of middle-level manpower needs of the Country. The programmes are considered industry-related, offering students the knowledge and skills required for effective performance at work. However, there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Graphic Arts, Industrial Arts
Lone, Jon Anders; Riege, Anine H.; Bjørklund, Roald; Hoff, Thomas; Bjørkli, Cato – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Recent work design theories propose that the work design configuration (i.e. "work system") in an organization interacts with its broader social and economic environment. Nevertheless, there are few studies of how the broader environment affects the work system. In the present study, the authors used a qualitative theory-elaboration…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Business Relationship, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research
Colleges Ontario, 2013
The priority for the Ontario government--for its economic ministries, its education ministries, and for the entire government--must be economic growth and helping more people find good jobs. This is particularly important for the province's young people. Far too many young people are unemployed or underemployed and are giving up hope of finding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Job Development, Employment Opportunities
Lewis, Hilary – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
While there has been a noted variation in the "species" of entrepreneur so that no single list of traits, characteristics or attributes is definitive, it is posited that to be an entrepreneur a certain amount of entrepreneurial capability is required. "Entrepreneurial capability" is a concept developed to place some form of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Individual Characteristics, World Views

Mason, Geoff – Journal of Education and Work, 2002
In Britain, the retailing, computer services, transportation, and communications industries have hired increasing numbers of college graduates, both because of demand for skills and oversupply of graduates. This has contributed to temporary and permanent job upgrading through expansion of tasks and responsibilities in certain jobs. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Development
Rothstein, Samuel – Library Journal, 1986
Data from three Canadian university libraries on length of service, degree of mobility, and age of professional staff suggest that the combination of middle age, long service, and immobility results in severe deficiencies of motivation, morale, and creativity. Job rotation and job enlargement are suggested as solutions. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Development
McMahon, Walter W., Ed.; Boediono, Ed. – 1992
External inefficiency in education--inequity between the characteristics of graduates and the job market--is a problem in Indonesia and many other countries. Job markets at the junior secondary level are very tight in Indonesia with low levels of unemployment at all ages, short job-search times, and high real rates of return. Unemployment,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Simon, Hans-Reiner; Paul, Frauke – 1986
This guide provides brief descriptions of educational, training, and job development activities in the information industry in West Germany, including specific information on technical organizations, institutions of higher learning, and instructional materials, together with contact names and addresses. Special attention is given to new job…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Electronic Publishing, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries
Pearson, Cecil A. L.; Armstrong, Robert W. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1995
Implementation of a job development program within the personnel administration function of an Australian university is evaluated. The program, following principles of the Total Quality Management approach, was found to have favorable impact on a number of work-related variables, in comparison with the traditional approach used in another…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Drimousis, I.; Zisimopoulos, A. – 1988
This document examines the circumstances under which vocational training in Greece is provided for jobs in the textile and clothing industries. Its objective is to identify guidelines for vocational training for a skilled work force at regional and national levels and to contribute to job mobility between industries. Statistical data,…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Fashion Industry
Andrez, Jaime Serrao; Dias, Mario Caldeira – 1988
Analyzing the role of vocational training in an economic sector that is declining in Portugal, this document consists of five chapters, a bibliography, and a list of training organizations. An introduction tells why the study is important and explains that the major obstacles to development of the Portuguese textile and clothing sector are the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Fashion Industry

Sagawe, Thorsten – Journal of Geography, 1996
Provides a concise overview on export-based, free zone development in the Dominican Republic by examining its influence on three spatial levels: national, regional, and town. Although industrial free zones contribute to job creation and foreign exchange earnings, local authorities are often unable to control urban development. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business, Economic Development, Economic Impact, Exports
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
Innovative practices in education and local development in Western Europe, Australia, and the United States are described and analyzed in this report. Part One reviews urban problems, their impact on education, and the need for a new approach. Part Two explores how schools and institutes of adult education can provide information about the local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Involvement