The Oxford handbook of skills and training /
The Oxford handbook of skills and training /
Handbook of skills and training Skills and training
edited by John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, and Chris Warhurst.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 737 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Oxford handbooks online .
- Oxford handbooks online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disciplinary Perspectives on Skill / What is Expected of Higher Education Graduates in the 21st Century? / Employer-led In-Work Training and Skill Formation: the Challenges of Multi-Varied and Contingent Phenomena / Unions, the Skills Agenda and Workforce Development / A Working Lifetime of Skill and Training Needs / Skill Under-utilization / Business Strategies and Skills / Measuring Skills Stock, Job Skills and Skills Mismatch / The individual benefits of investing in skill / The economic and social benefits of skills / Theorising Skill Formation in the Global Economy / Skill Builders: The Evolution of National Vocational Training Systems / Different National Skill Systems / Skill Ecosystems / Employment Systems, Skills and Knowledge / Skill Demands and Developments in the Advanced Economies / Approaches to Skills in the Asian Developmental States / Emerging Economic Powers: The Transformation of the Skills Systems in China and India / Projecting the Impact of IT on Work and Skills in the 2030s / International Skill Flows and Migration / Professional Skills: Impact of Comparative Political Economy / Skills and Training for the Older Population: Training the New Work Generation / The Changing Meaning of Skill: Still Contested, Still Important / Rethinking Skills Development: Moving Beyond Competency-Based Training / Who Pays for Skills? Differing perspectives on who should pay and why / Financial Constraints and Policy Implications / Skills and Training: Multiple Targets, Shifting Terrain / A New Social Construction of Skill / Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology and Management Practices / Accreditation and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training / Education and Qualifications as Skills / Pre-Employment Skill Formation in Australia and Germany / Skill Development in Middle Level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training / Jane Bryson -- Martin Humburg, Rolf Van der Velden -- Lorna Unwin -- Mark Stuart, Tony Huzzard -- Gèunther Schmid -- D. W. Livingston -- David Ashton, Caroline Lloyd, Chris Warhurst -- Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, Francis Green -- Craig Holmes -- Irena Grugulis, Craig Holmes, Ken Mayhew -- Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, David Ashton -- Cathie Jo Martin -- Gerhard Bosch -- John Buchanan, Pauline Anderson, Gail Power -- Alice Lam, David Marsden -- Caroline Smith -- Johnny Sung, Arwen Raddon -- Mingwei Liu, David Finegold -- Stuart W. Elliott -- James Wickham -- Mari Sako -- Wendy Loretto, Chris Phillipson, Sarah Vickerstaff -- Jonathan Payne -- Leesa Wheelahan -- Terence Hogarth, Lynn Gambin -- Ewart Keep -- John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, Chris Warhurst -- Chris Warhurst, Chris Tilly, Mary Gatta -- Michael J. Handel -- Gordon Stanley -- Paul Dalziel -- John Polesel -- Robert I. Lerman.
Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment and management. Policy makers and managers often consider the better development of skills to be the answer to a range of practical and policy challenges. This handbook sheds new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today.
Specialized.
9780191749810 (ebook) : No price
Occupational training.
HD5715
331.2592
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disciplinary Perspectives on Skill / What is Expected of Higher Education Graduates in the 21st Century? / Employer-led In-Work Training and Skill Formation: the Challenges of Multi-Varied and Contingent Phenomena / Unions, the Skills Agenda and Workforce Development / A Working Lifetime of Skill and Training Needs / Skill Under-utilization / Business Strategies and Skills / Measuring Skills Stock, Job Skills and Skills Mismatch / The individual benefits of investing in skill / The economic and social benefits of skills / Theorising Skill Formation in the Global Economy / Skill Builders: The Evolution of National Vocational Training Systems / Different National Skill Systems / Skill Ecosystems / Employment Systems, Skills and Knowledge / Skill Demands and Developments in the Advanced Economies / Approaches to Skills in the Asian Developmental States / Emerging Economic Powers: The Transformation of the Skills Systems in China and India / Projecting the Impact of IT on Work and Skills in the 2030s / International Skill Flows and Migration / Professional Skills: Impact of Comparative Political Economy / Skills and Training for the Older Population: Training the New Work Generation / The Changing Meaning of Skill: Still Contested, Still Important / Rethinking Skills Development: Moving Beyond Competency-Based Training / Who Pays for Skills? Differing perspectives on who should pay and why / Financial Constraints and Policy Implications / Skills and Training: Multiple Targets, Shifting Terrain / A New Social Construction of Skill / Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology and Management Practices / Accreditation and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training / Education and Qualifications as Skills / Pre-Employment Skill Formation in Australia and Germany / Skill Development in Middle Level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training / Jane Bryson -- Martin Humburg, Rolf Van der Velden -- Lorna Unwin -- Mark Stuart, Tony Huzzard -- Gèunther Schmid -- D. W. Livingston -- David Ashton, Caroline Lloyd, Chris Warhurst -- Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, Francis Green -- Craig Holmes -- Irena Grugulis, Craig Holmes, Ken Mayhew -- Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, David Ashton -- Cathie Jo Martin -- Gerhard Bosch -- John Buchanan, Pauline Anderson, Gail Power -- Alice Lam, David Marsden -- Caroline Smith -- Johnny Sung, Arwen Raddon -- Mingwei Liu, David Finegold -- Stuart W. Elliott -- James Wickham -- Mari Sako -- Wendy Loretto, Chris Phillipson, Sarah Vickerstaff -- Jonathan Payne -- Leesa Wheelahan -- Terence Hogarth, Lynn Gambin -- Ewart Keep -- John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, Chris Warhurst -- Chris Warhurst, Chris Tilly, Mary Gatta -- Michael J. Handel -- Gordon Stanley -- Paul Dalziel -- John Polesel -- Robert I. Lerman.
Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment and management. Policy makers and managers often consider the better development of skills to be the answer to a range of practical and policy challenges. This handbook sheds new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today.
Specialized.
9780191749810 (ebook) : No price
Occupational training.
HD5715
331.2592
