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deWolff, Pieter; And Others – 1965
To determine the relationship between wage structure and employment patterns available evidence on changes in relative earnings and in relative numbers employed were surveyed for periods up to 15 years in 10 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some findings…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Gonzalo, Angel Luis; Perez, Jorge – European Journal of Education, 1989
Changes in engineering education due to the unification of the European Community are discussed from three perspectives: legal, academic, and industrial-technological. The problem is examined in the context of long-term Community objectives. Specific recommendations are made. The situations of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
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McCarthy, Grace – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The aim of this research was to determine whether leadership practices vary between German and UK organisations. Design/methodology/approach: The author used self-assessment documents submitted by German and UK organisations to the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), to identify leadership practices in both countries. A…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Leadership
Misko, Josie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report compares the provision of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. It finds that training policies are increasingly based on similar general principles which promote the improvement and reform of vocational education and training, although the implementation of these principles tends to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Job Training
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Riehm, Ulrich; And Others – Electronic Library, 1989
Describes a project that investigated the application and impact of electronic publishing techniques in areas of scientific and technical information in the Federal Republic of Germany. Areas discussed include the state of research, technology, and applications; reactions of publishers and authors; and ways in which databases are actually accessed…
Descriptors: Authors, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries
Maglen, Leo; Hopkins, Sonnie – 1998
Research tested the hypothesis that preemployment vocational education is a major contributor to enterprise productivity, because it raises workers' skills that are then applied in more effective work practices. An intercountry comparisons approach involving Britain and Germany and Britain and the Netherlands or France identified medium-sized…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Benefits, Educational Certificates, Foreign Countries
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Herget, Josef – Information Services & Use, 1995
Presents structural data that characterizes the German information market. Highlights include an analysis of end-users, intermediaries, and information brokers; trends in corporate information resources management; success factors in information provision processes; federal and state government support; and a future outlook. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Industry
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Oehme, Friedrich; Seitzer, Dieter – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2000
Cooperation between university and industry for technology transfer is not only useful for industry but also for students. Describes ways in which students at the Fraunhofer Institute are involved in industrial partnerships and the benefits they gain from their experiences. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Williamson, William L., Ed. – 1976
This is a collection of conference papers given by graduate students enrolled in a seminar course in Comparative Librarianship. Topics focused on library education and library development programs in foreign countries and Southwest Wisconsin. Professor Philip Altbach opened the conference with a summary version of his paper entitled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Development, Foreign Countries
Theuerkauf, Walter E. – 1995
High tech systems not only generate new structures in the production process, but also involve profound changes in job organization, which in turn imply that job qualifications must be modified. In view of the changes within engineering systems and the relevant technologies, it seems expedient to choose a curricular approach based on the concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Competence, Competency Based Education
Eguchi, H., Ed.; Ichinohe, H., Ed. – 1971
A set of 10 articles which first appeared in the Japanese periodical "Studies in Broadcasting" comprises this collection. Of the four essays dealing with Japan, one covers the historical changes in its broadcasting policies, treats the legal character of the Japanese public broadcasting company (Nippon Hoso Kyokai), and also reports on…
Descriptors: Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Mass Media, Media Research
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Stadler, Peter; Thomas, Martin; Mernke, Ernst – Electronic Library, 1999
Describes book ordering procedures at a German pharmaceutical library using the Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (EDIFACT) guidelines developed by the United Nations. Topics include advantages for libraries and for the book trade, changes needed in software, productivity gains, and EDIFACT versus the Internet.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change, Computer Software, Data
Radvany, John E. – VocEd, 1979
Discusses factors contributing to the declining U.S. productivity growth rate and compares U.S. production to Germany and Japan. Presents model programs that have recognized the need to develop in people the desire to work, study, improve, and become more productive citizens. (LRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Cooperative Education, Efficiency
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Rectanus, Mark W. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1995
An analysis of recent initiatives with the Langenscheidt Publishing Group reveals some of the emerging relationships between publishing and language teaching. The evolution of electronic publishing and multimedia learning within the contexts of the communications industry and shifting patterns of media use are discussed. (27 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, German
Wedderburn, Dorothy – 1968
Forty case studies made by research teams of independents or governmental agencies in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States were analyzed to provide managements and trade unions with illustrations of present systems of technical and manpower changes at the enterprise level and to describe the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Field Studies
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