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Moss, Peter – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2006
As early childhood services move up the policy agenda, so too does the early childhood workforce. Its members are recognised as the main resource for such services, and there is an increasing recognition that the work is complex and requires enhanced education. But despite this recognition, the situation in many countries--where the early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Care Occupations
Tasker, Mary; Packham, David – 1990
If the purpose of industry is the good of society or of the planet as a whole, then how does higher education meet the needs of industry, particularly in the United Kingdom? Industry needs a trained work force of high quality recruits who are both educated and morally and environmentally aware. However, in the current debate over moral training,…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Forgotson, Edward H.; Forgotson, Judith H. – 1969
The purpose of the study was to obtain possible insights into the substantive or procedural facets associated with the proposed development in the United States of intermediate health professionals (defined as personnel involved in diagnosis and treatment of disease through direct patient contact who have had less than the professional education…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Foreign Countries, Health Occupations, Health Personnel

Moore, Nick – Education for Information, 1986
Outlines structure of the library and information workforce in the United Kingdom, identifies its component parts, and traces developments since 1960 with emphasis on the expansion and decline of established employment markets, emerging markets, and balance between supply and demand of professionals. Future developments are predicted based on…
Descriptors: Change, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Canadian Council on Learning, 2006
This report aims to inform Canadians on the extent to which Canada's post-secondary education sector is contributing to Canadians' social and economic objectives, its ability to respond to a fast-changing global environment, and how Canada's approach to higher education compares with other leading developed countries. Analysis of currently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational Objectives, Labor Force Development
Cseh, Maria; Short, Darren – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present a case study of an HRD team from the UK that delivers training to a large public service Hungarian organization with the aid of interpreters and translators. Design/methodology/approach: The article takes the form of a case study. Findings: The article acts to illustrate good and ineffective…
Descriptors: Public Service, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Tamkin, P.; And Others – 1995
The use and effectiveness of personal development plans (PDPs) in planning career and skill development activities for individuals within employing organizations in the United Kingdom was examined through case studies of seven firms and telephone interviews with representatives of seven other firms. The case studies/interviews focused on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Case Studies, Educational Needs
Kettley, Polly; Strebler, Marie – 1997
Changes in the educational qualifications and skills expected of senior managers in the United Kingdom were examined through interviews with senior managers and human resource professionals in 17 large companies from a range of sectors. The following were identified as common objectives or responsibilities of senior managers: determining the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Adult Education, Educational Needs
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983
This series of articles cites a variety of sources and synthesizes a number of studies on the effects of new technologies on the world of work and on social and economic life in general. These studies are related to several industrial nations and are also concerned with the new information-oriented society. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Electromechanical Technology, Government Role, Industrialization
2000
Three presentations are provided from Symposium 15, Management Development, of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000 Conference Proceedings. "Conceptualizing Global Leadership from Multiple Perspectives: An Analysis of Behavioral Ratings" (Allan H. Church) examines the underlying nature of global leadership behavior using…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
Devins, David; Johnson, Steve – Education & Training, 2002
This paper draws on a telephone survey of 116 independent SMEs to explore the impact of a variety of training interventions on human resource (HR) practices and business performance in Great Britain. The paper investigates the extent to which targeting such interventions on the managers of SMEs affects the impact and the likelihood of changes in…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Campbell, Adrian; Warner, Malcolm – 1992
A study examined the effect of national culture and institutional tradition on the response of engineering companies and their management to product-technology and market changes in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Data were collected from semistructured interviews of managers at 24 small, medium, and large engineering firms. The introduction of…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Economic Change, Employment Practices, Engineering
Winterton, Jonathan – Online Submission, 2004
Increased policy emphasis on lifelong learning at the European level has been reflected in a drive to increase participation in learning in the UK, especially through Adult and Community Learning initiatives that take HRD beyond the workplace. Such an approach is important for promoting social inclusion since the unemployed are usually excluded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Human Resources, Labor Force Development

Hannan, Damian; And Others – European Journal of Education, 1995
An analysis of unemployment rates, wages, and policy initiatives for school "early leavers" in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom suggests that early withdrawal from school represents a substantial, transnational problem attributable to basic policy problems. It is noted that no policy initiatives directly address…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Educational Policy, Employment Patterns
Maxwell, Gill; Watson, Sandra; Quail, Samantha – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2004
This paper analyses the nature of, and relationship between, a quality service initiative and the concept of strategic human resource development. Hilton International is the case study used for this analysis. The principal finding is that the quality initiative is acting as a catalyst for a strategic approach to human resource development to…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Human Resources, Hospitality Occupations, Delivery Systems