Lean production represents a major challenge for German industries' distinctive model of Diversified Quality Production (DQP). This study looks at how German manufacturers are responding to the challenge, in a particular sector, namely pump manufacturing, where Germany has long been dominant. The st…
In spite of the central role accorded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in recent government White Papers on competitiveness and national vocational education and training (VET) policies, the involvement of small firms in national training efforts remains disappointingly marginal. Studies…
Concentrates on the mentoring support for teachers in further education (FE) and higher education (HE), rather than the mentoring of students following qualification programmes. Raises issues of definition and argues the need for peer mentoring. Evaluates mentoring models and explores issues of role…
Source:Industrial and Labor Relations Review
(1996)
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for 1984-90, the author analyzes the entrance of young individuals into the German labor market, comparing the experience of apprenticeship graduates to that of graduates from universities, full-time vocational schools, and secondary schools. Apprentic…
Source:International Journal of Educational Research
(1996)
On-the-job training can be defined as the enhancement of job competence acquisition, involving one or more of the following elements: (i) the actual work processes, (ii) the physical work environment, and (iii) the social work environment. Research into on-the-job is in its infancy, although it comp…
Britain's effort to introduce youth apprenticeships over the past decade offers important general lessons about the role of employers in school-to-work initiatives. In particular, the incentives facing employers work against efforts to provide skills training. Alternative arrangements for such progr…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1996)
The move towards courses of professional education being based in the workplace rather than in academic institutions raises a number of concerns relating to the relationship between the validating institution and the workplace organisation. This article identifies some of these concerns. In particul…
The development of integrated instruction organized around broadly defined occupations - or a combination of occupations, social problems, and other engaging topics - provides the opportunity to create heterogeneous forms of schooling that are "separate but equal." Such a principled heterogeneity re…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1996)
This paper explores the relationship between changes in the labour process, recent developments in the vocational curriculum and challenges that these changes present to the preparation of further education lecturers in England and Wales. Firstly it will be argued that the economy is moving from a F…
