Purpose: Apprenticeships in England, while defined by level and typical duration, are not quantified regarding the number of learning hours required to achieve the outcomes specified, as with other regulated qualifications and accredited programmes. This paper proposes an approach to ascribe credit to apprenticeships recognising both…

The UK entered the deepest recession in history in 2020, following a decade of sluggish growth. Coronavirus restrictions led to a sharp rise in unemployment, vacancies plummeted, and millions were furloughed. The pandemic has also accelerated technological change, with increased digitalisation and firms discovering new ways to harness emerging…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how training, job tenure and education-job and skills-job matches impact employees' turnover intention by using a representative national sample from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study in which 1,531 individuals were followed from 2003 to 2014. Design/methodology/approach: A…

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to examine the ways in which Australian companies can achieve high quality apprenticeship and traineeship systems in a time of labour shortage through close attention to the recruitment and development of apprentices and trainees. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on six qualitative case studies…

Explores the nature of the differences between end-of-training behavior and job behavior, the means by which end-of-training behavior is produced, and ways to minimize problems with the transfer of learning from off site training programs to the job. (Author/LLS)

Responses from 94 of 230 British senior managers revealed that they are engaged in radical change in company mission, culture, and structure. Their most valuable learning comes from team activities, managing new projects, and networking with customers. Only one-third spent more than five days per year on off-job training; one-third had no off-job…

This paper assesses the contribution of management training and development programmes (MTPs) to the development of managerial skills in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Different sets of variables were used to explore the managers' skills development by dividing the managerial skills into three main categories: self, people, and task-related…

The document reports on a training program designed to accelerate in-plant upgrading of skills, first in metal-working, then in health-service occupations, through training provided in off-work time. The project was to evaluate the use of allowances as incentives, and to provide guidelines for future upgrading programs. (Author)

Discusses the Resourced Open Learning Facility (ROLF), which was developed by the U.K. Skills Training Agency (STA) as a means of delivering off-the-job skill training for the unemployed. Employment training is discussed and an evaluation of ROLF is described, including management issues and types of trainees. (Author/LRW)

This training module stresses the participatory management approach to effective supervisory behavior. Emphasis is placed upon the need-dispositions of subordinates in order to stage highly motivating work environments. Taken into account are interrelationships between the nature of the organization, characteristics of subordinates, leadership…

The purpose of this training workshop is to assist the participants in upgrading their delivery of services to disadvantaged Black clients. The training content is targeted toward counselors and interviewers who directly deliver counseling services. The following topics are covered: job-getting hurdles, role of the counselor; steps in the…

This publication summarizes research that shows that it would be a serious economic error to favor investment in machines, financial capital, and extracted resources over investments in the education and training of people. The discussion begins by explaining the relationship between job-related learning, individual opportunity, and the…

The intent of this study was to address the process of selection of an appropriate training setting based upon criteria being used by employers and educators in Illinois who plan for the vocational education of handicapped persons. Study 1, a pretest of the questionnaire, quantified the criteria for determining the better approach for training…

Correlates of employer-provided training while in the most recent full-time job held were explored. Respondents were nearly 10,000 members of the 1980 high school seniors cohort of the High School and Beyond survey data set. Two types of forces expected to influence participation in employer-provided training were distinguished: incentive and…

Due to recent industrial growth in Mississippi and the shortage of trained manpower in numerous occupations, start-up training programs have originated to provide a pretrained work force for new or expanding industry in the State. Each start-up training program is a joint effort between a new or expanding industry and a public educational…