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Professional Development Seen as Employment Capital
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Mackay, Margaret – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Practitioners need to invest in professional development to enhance credibility, job security and employment prospects. Employer expectations of continuing development as a performance measure link to the notion of career capital; namely that knowledge competence influences job advancement. This study uses an interpretivist approach to explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Human Capital, Human Resources
Education, Meritocracy and the Global War for Talent
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Brown, Phillip; Tannock, Stuart – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
Talk of the rise of a global war for talent and emergence of a new global meritocracy has spread from the literature on human resource management to shape nation-state discourse on managed migration and immigration reform. This article examines the implications that the global war for talent have for education policy. Given that this talent war is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Justice, Social Justice, Sociology
To MBA or Not to MBA
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Baruch, Yehuda – Career Development International, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the value of the MBA--a Master in Business Administration, considered the flagship of business and management education. The author aims to bridge the gap in the understanding of the possible added value of the MBA. Design/methodology/approach: This conceptual paper is enriched by…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Human Capital, Outcomes of Education, Business Administration
Army Basic Skills Provision: Whole Organisation Approach/Lessons Learnt
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Basic Skills Agency, 2007
The Army began working in partnership with the Basic Skills Agency in 2000. This was formalised with the establishment of the Basic Skills Agency's National Support Project for the Army (2001) that contributes to the raising of basic skills standards in the Army by advising on, and assisting with, the development of the Army's basic skills policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Armed Forces, Basic Skills, Human Resources
Development in the Learning Factory: Training Human Capital.
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Barton, Harry; Delbridge, Rick – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2001
A study of human resource practices in 18 automobile factories in the United States and Britain showed that manufacturing innovations are placing greater demands on line managers and workers. Training is being refocused to develop their interpersonal, team, and leadership skills. However, lack of time and suitable training facilities are barriers.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Human Resources
HRD and Learning Organisations in Europe. Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development.
Tjepkema, Saskia, Ed.; Stewart, Jim, Ed.; Sambrook, Sally, Ed.; Mulder, Martin, Ed.; ter Horst, Hilde, Ed.; Scheerens, Jaap, Ed. – 2002
This book presents results of a European study into the changing role of human resource development (HRD). Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the background, objectives, research questions, and underlying research project. Chapter 2, "Learning Organizations and HRD" (Saskia Tjepkema, Hilde ter Horst, Martin Mulder), discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship