Working towards Skills: Perspectives on Workforce Development in SMEs. Research Report.

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, Maria; Keddie, Vince; Webb, Peter; Corney, Mark
Institution	Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England).
Titel	Working towards Skills: Perspectives on Workforce Development in SMEs. Research Report.
Quelle	(2002), (66 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-85338-784-3
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Business Responsibility; Cognitive Style; Corporate Education; Developed Nations; Educational Research; Educational Resources; Employer Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; Flexible Scheduling; Foreign Countries; Instructional Innovation; Labor Force Development; Needs Assessment; Off the Job Training; On the Job Training; Small Businesses; Teaching Methods; Vocational Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Bildungsmittel; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Flexible working hours; Flexible Arbeitszeit; Ausland; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Arbeitskräftebestand; Bedarfsermittlung; Außerbetriebliche Weiterbildung; Training-on-the-Job; Kleingewerbe; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Research into workforce development (WD) considered the relationship between corporate assessments of workers' development needs and WD strategies; how learning at work takes place; and what learning methods are used and their effectiveness. Focus was on practice in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Methodology included a literature review to identify the scope and extent of WD; survey of WD being undertaken in a sample of SMEs; follow-up interviews with managers in SMEs; and focus group meetings with employees in SMEs. Findings indicated that, while there are still many barriers to progress, WD seems to be gaining ground as a concept with both individuals and employers; securing greater employer involvement in learning within SMEs requires an emphasis to be placed on business support, rather than learning in itself; a wide range of learning styles and forms of learning must be accommodated, but a central theme is the need for flexible, time-efficient solutions; companies are finding innovative solutions; space as well as time may be a limiting factor in the extent to which certain types of learning can occur in the workplace; and very small firms usually face different problems requiring different solutions from those faced by bigger companies. Appendixes include: a review of related WD initiatives; and 19 tables illustrating characteristics of focus group participants. (Contains 46 endnotes.) (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Learning and Skills Development Agency, Regent Arcade House, 19-25 Argyll Street, London W1F 7LS, United Kingdom, England (Reference no. 1307R; free). Tel: 020 7297 9000; Fax: 020 7297 9001; Web site: http://www.lsda.org.uk/home.asp. For full text: http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1307R.pdf.
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