ERIC Number: ED470780
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 117
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-92-896-0134-5
ISSN: ISSN-1562-6180
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Agora VIII: Jobrotation (Thessaloniki, Greece, March 20-21, 2000). CEDEFOP Panorama Series.
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed.
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are included: "Foreword: Jobrotation--Employment/Training Rotation--Good Practice in the European Union"; "'Jobrotation' in France: A Pioneering Measure" (Patrick Guilloux); "Jobrotation Development and Dissemination in Europe" (Jens Kruhoffer); "German Experience of Jobrotation: A Case Study" (Monika Kammeier); "Danish Experience of Jobrotation: A Case Study" (Ghita Vejlebo); "Jobrotation Efficiency: Small and Large Companies Compared" (Lizzi Feiler); "Contribution of Mr. Athanasios Papathanasiou, Director of the Technopolis Vocational Training Centre"; "Jobrotation from the Perspective of Enterprises, Employees and Political Decision-Makers--Expectations and Results Illustrated by the Example of 'Jobrotation for the Bremen Region'" (Hubertus Schick); "A Few Danish Comments on the Concept of Jobrotation" (Jorgen Mork); "Jobrotation as a Means of Promoting Innovation and Employment. A Model for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia (D)" (Reiner Siebert); and "Synthesis of the Work" (Andre Kirchberger). One paper contains a substantial bibliography. (MN)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Diffusion (Communication), Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Innovation, Job Development, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Leaves of Absence, Meetings, Models, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Rotation Plans, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Small Businesses, State of the Art Reviews, Synthesis, Systems Approach, Training Methods, Training Objectives, Trend Analysis, Unemployment, Vocational Education, Work Experience
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece).
Identifiers - Location: European Union
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