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Anderson, Sian; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: The role of support workers in self-advocacy groups is complex. The lack of transparency about who controls the agenda within groups is problematised by commentators but the evidence is limited about how supporters act, exercise power and are regarded by self-advocates. Aim: This study investigated the work of supporters in independent…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups
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Howells, Jeremy – Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 1996
Analyzes what is meant by tacit knowledge and outlines its main parameters. Stresses the need to view tacit knowledge in a dynamic setting, and that tacit knowledge can be acquired and transferred on a variety of levels. Explores the policy implications of technology transfer initiatives which seek to shift tacit know-how between firms. Contains…
Descriptors: Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Innovation
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Antonazzi, Leoni – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1998
Reviews the promotion and practice of continuing vocational education (CVE) at Warwick Business School (United Kingdom) for executives within the corporate sector. Highlights include relationship management, brand building, an MBA (Masters in Business Education) refresher course, a strategic management refresher course, and future developments.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Corporations, Foreign Countries
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
Barkin, Solomon, Ed. – 1967
The 29 case studies in this report seek to define the policies and practices followed by firms in programing technological change and manpower adjustments. The purpose of the report is to make these policies and practices more broadly known and to extend the range of effective adjustments provided by individual managements. The inquiries were…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Field Studies
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers