The Oxford handbook of skills and training / edited by John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, and Chris Warhurst.
Buchanan, John, 1959- editor.; Finegold, David, editor.; Mayhew, Ken, editor.; Warhurst, Christopher, editor.
2017
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Title The Oxford handbook of skills and training / edited by John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, and Chris Warhurst.
ISBN 9780191749810 (electronic book)
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 737 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number HD5715
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.2592
Summary 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.
Note 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Buchanan, John, 1959- editor.
Finegold, David, editor.
Mayhew, Ken, editor.
Warhurst, Christopher, editor.
Series Oxford handbooks.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9780199655366
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Disciplinary Perspectives on Skill / Jane Bryson
What is Expected of Higher Education Graduates in the 21st Century? / Martin Humburg, Rolf Van der Velden
Employer-led In-Work Training and Skill Formation: the Challenges of Multi-Varied and Contingent Phenomena / Lorna Unwin
Unions, the Skills Agenda and Workforce Development / Mark Stuart, Tony Huzzard
A Working Lifetime of Skill and Training Needs / Günther Schmid
Skill Under-utilization / D. W. Livingston
Business Strategies and Skills / David Ashton, Caroline Lloyd, Chris Warhurst
Measuring Skills Stock, Job Skills and Skills Mismatch / Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, Francis Green
The individual benefits of investing in skill / Craig Holmes
The economic and social benefits of skills / Irena Grugulis, Craig Holmes, Ken Mayhew
Theorising Skill Formation in the Global Economy / Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, David Ashton
Skill Builders: The Evolution of National Vocational Training Systems / Cathie Jo Martin
Different National Skill Systems / Gerhard Bosch
Skill Ecosystems / John Buchanan, Pauline Anderson, Gail Power
Employment Systems, Skills and Knowledge / Alice Lam, David Marsden
Skill Demands and Developments in the Advanced Economies / Caroline Smith
Approaches to Skills in the Asian Developmental States / Johnny Sung, Arwen Raddon
Emerging Economic Powers: The Transformation of the Skills Systems in China and India / Mingwei Liu, David Finegold
Projecting the Impact of IT on Work and Skills in the 2030s / Stuart W. Elliott
International Skill Flows and Migration / James Wickham
Professional Skills: Impact of Comparative Political Economy / Mari Sako
Skills and Training for the Older Population: Training the New Work Generation / Wendy Loretto, Chris Phillipson, Sarah Vickerstaff
The Changing Meaning of Skill: Still Contested, Still Important / Jonathan Payne
Rethinking Skills Development: Moving Beyond Competency-Based Training / Leesa Wheelahan
Who Pays for Skills? Differing perspectives on who should pay and why / Terence Hogarth, Lynn Gambin
Financial Constraints and Policy Implications / Ewart Keep
Skills and Training: Multiple Targets, Shifting Terrain / John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, Chris Warhurst
A New Social Construction of Skill / Chris Warhurst, Chris Tilly, Mary Gatta
Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology and Management Practices / Michael J. Handel
Accreditation and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training / Gordon Stanley
Education and Qualifications as Skills / Paul Dalziel
Pre-Employment Skill Formation in Australia and Germany / John Polesel
Skill Development in Middle Level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training / Robert I. Lerman.

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