Search Results - subject:"Workforce development"

Green jobs career pathways : a qualitative study of the early startup experiences of two federally funded green jobs training partnerships in the United States

Scully-Russ, Ellen - In: Advances in developing human resources : ADHR 17 (2015) 4, pp. 473-488

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Leveraging a research university for new economy capacity building in a rural industrial region

Trauth, Eileen M.; DiRaimo, Michael <Jr.>; Hoover, M. … - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 29 (2015) 3, pp. 229-244

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The restructured landscape of economic development : challenges and opportunities for regional workforce development collaborations

Meléndez, Edwin; Borges-Mendez, Ramon; Visser, M. Anne; … - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 29 (2015) 2, pp. 150-166

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Organisational learning as structuration: an analysis of worker-led organisational enquiries in an oil refinery

Boreham, Nicholas Charles - 2008

First paragraph: Based on a three-year empirical investigation of an oil refinery, this chapter analyses organisational learning in terms of structuration theory. Structuration is the dynamic process by which an organisation’s rules and resources constrain individuals, while simultaneously...

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Workforce development as an antipoverty strategy: what do we know? ; what should we do?

Holzer, Harry J. - 2008

In this paper I note the basic paradox of workforce development policy: that, in an era in which skills are more … important than ever as determinants of labor market earnings, we spend fewer and fewer public (federal) dollars on workforce … development over time. I present trends in funding and how the major federal programs at the Department of Labor and other …

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Workforce Development as an Antipoverty Strategy: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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Workforce Development in India: Policies and Practices

Majumdar, Shyamal - eSocialSciences - 2008

The task of workforce development in India faces the changing realities of globalization and competitiveness, on one … directions for workforce development in India, especially, the need to reposition technical and vocational education and training …

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A conceptual framework for examining HRD and NHRD linkages and outcomes : Review of TVET literature

Alagaraja, Meera; Kotamraju, Pradeep; Kim, Sehoon - In: European Journal of Training and Development 38 (2014) 4, pp. 265-285

framework that connects education, workforce development, social development and economic development was developed. Findings … goals of workforce development, economic development and social development. Originality/value – Integrating national and … framework for linking economic, social and workforce development strategies. …

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Healthcare organization–education partnerships and career ladder programs for health care workers

Dill, Janette S.; Chuang, Emmeline; Morgan, Jennifer C. - In: Social Science & Medicine 122 (2014) C, pp. 63-71

Increasing concerns about quality of care and workforce shortages have motivated health care organizations and educational institutions to partner to create career ladders for frontline health care workers. Career ladders reward workers for gains in skills and knowledge and may reduce the costs...

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New frontiers of the innovation economy and education

Schulman, Stuart A.; Lyons, Thomas S. - In: Entrepreneurship research journal : ERJ 4 (2014) 1, pp. 137-146

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