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Kock, Henrik – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of how the introduction of a team-based work organization can affect the opportunities to learn at work. Two research questions are addressed: "What conditions are important for learning and competence development in a team-based work organization?" and "To what extent…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Learning Strategies, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries
Benjamin, Curtis G. – Library Journal, 1975
Every country has its own distinctive set of problems related to copyrights and photocopying. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Laws, Publishing Industry, Reprography
King Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1987
This study of the feasibility of conducting a cost-benefit analysis in the complex environment of the formalities used in the United States as part of its administration of the copyright law focused on the formalities of copyright notice, deposit, registration, and recordation. The U.S. system is also compared with the less centralized copyright…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Copyrights, Cost Effectiveness
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Styhre, Alexander – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: All workplace learning takes place under specific temporal conditions. In fact, one learns in order to be better equipped to deal with future challenges. At the same time, learning is always embedded in previous experiences. Thus, the notion of time needs to be theoretically integrated into organization and workplace learning. This paper…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Work Environment, Time Factors (Learning), Construction Industry
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Lantz, Annika; Brav, Agneta – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose--What is required of job design and production planning, if they are to result in a work group taking a self-starting approach and going beyond what is formally required of it? This paper aims to contribute to group research by testing a theoretical model of relations between job design on the one hand (captured as completeness, demand on…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Task Analysis, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
Laestadius, Staffan – Vocational Training: European Journal, 1995
The example of a Swedish factory shows that it is possible for a "low-tech" company with no research and development and a low level of formally educated staff to be highly competitive. It succeeds through its tradition of industrial creativity and craft, innovative spirit, practical skills, and the organizational knowledge of a mature…
Descriptors: Competence, Competition, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Nilson, Lennart – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1985
Links between engineering education and research carried out in universities and industry in Sweden are close. This is accomplished by a framework of representation from industry, society, and professional organizations in the planning and management of engineering education as well as by a direct cooperation in actual course work. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Engineering Education, Higher Education
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Eto, Manabu; Heaton, Lorna; Marceau, Jane – Industry and Higher Education, 1998
Includes "New Types of Cooperative Research in Japan" (Manabu Eto); "Institutionalizing University-Industry Collaboration for the Diffusion of Intangible Innovations: The Case of Computer-supported Cooperative Work" (Heaton); and "Triple Helix Relationships in a National Context: The Location of Research in the Australian…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Schramm, Wilbur, Ed. – 1973
The result of an interdisciplinary conference on the qualities of an effective instructional television program, this book reports the ideas of various participants. Two papers by broadcasters represent the producer's view of ITV; one deals with instructional television in Sweden and the other with a Nigerian project. The scholar's view is…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Children, Educational Television, Programing (Broadcast)
Shaw, Milton C. – 1975
The educational philosophy and programs for the education of manufacturing and production engineers in these three countries are discussed. Included are curriculum standards, course content, differences in prestige of the engineering profession, and the types of educational institutions offering engineering instruction. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Programs, Engineering, Engineering Education
Hoijer, Bjorn – 1970
A long-range Swedish research project is attempting to describe the role of broadcast media in society as seen by both communicator and receiver. The first section of the study, now taking place, is examining television audiences to determine what they watch, why they watch it, what they think of what they see, and what kind of audience, in terms…
Descriptors: Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Programing (Broadcast), Radio
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Thomas, Michelle A – Health Education Journal, 2006
Objective: This paper reports women seafarers' experiences of sexual harassment. Design: Data reported in this paper were collected as part of a larger study exploring company policies and practices relating to women seafarers and the experiences of women seafarers themselves. Setting: Data reported here was collected with women from seven…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Females, Focus Groups, Semiskilled Workers
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Kjollerstrom, Bengt; Ronne, Bengterik – European Journal of Science Education, 1979
Presents general directions on how the Swedish university physics curricula should be designed to meet future needs. How to improve the cooperation between industry and university is also discussed. (HM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Science, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2004
Open access publishing is a hot topic today. But open access publishing can have many different definitions, and pros and cons vary with the definitions. Open access publishing is especially attractive to companies and small colleges or universities that are likely to have many more readers than authors. A downside is that a membership fee sounds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals
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Casson, Andrew – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2006
Dalarna University has doubled its student numbers during the past five years, and now has the highest proportion of students from non-academic backgrounds of Swedish universities (37%). The province of Dalarna combines steel and paper industry in a number of relatively small towns with large areas of sparsely populated countryside. By tradition,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Community Characteristics, Industry, College Administration
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