ERIC Number: ED418237
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993-Jan
Pages: 70
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ISBN: ISBN-92-828-2488-8
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The Role of the Company in Generating Skills: The Learning Effects of Work Organisation. Germany. CEDEFOP Document.
Grunewald, Uwe; Zimmer, Gerhard; Sauter, Edgar
This document reports the findings of a 3-year study of company strategies and the training impact of labor organization in Germany. Among the topics discussed in the theoretical overview presented in section 1 are the following: the growing importance of learning in a working environment; Germany's continuing training "system" and funding structures; acquisition of skills in a working environment; structures explaining the process of acquisition of job skills in firms; regional training and continuing training structures; national variables explaining the development of training and continuing training structures; and the context for analysis of learning processes at the workplace. Section 2 consists of three case studies that were selected as being illustrative of the following: use of work-related skilling processes to update the skilling capacity of vocational training; use of group work as a form of work organization as part of continuing training at the workplace; and use of a newly introduced office communications system as a means of skilling at the workplace. Part 3 is a synthesis report that examines the case study findings regarding learning processes at the workplace and basic conditions and factors influencing learning at the workplace. The bibliography contains 13 references. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training, Job Training, Labor Force, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, National Surveys, On the Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Role of Education, Skill Development, Synthesis, Theory Practice Relationship, Training Methods, Training Objectives, Vocational Education, Work Environment
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece).
Identifiers - Location: Germany
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