Warhurst C. The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training 2017

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Warhurst C. The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training 2017

Textbook in PDF format Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such as these. It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education, and geography. The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature — and future — of work, employment, and management. It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today. While written primarily by leading scholars in the field, it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future Introduction—Skills and Training: Multiple Targets, Shifting Terrain / John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, and Chris Warhurst Concepts, Definitions, and Measurements of Skill Disciplinary Perspectives on Skill / Jane Bryson Skill Builders and the Evolution of National Vocational Training Systems / Cathie Jo Martin The Changing Meaning of Skill: Still Contested, Still Important / Jonathan Payne A New Social Construction of Skill / Chris Warhurst, Chris Tilly, and Mary Gatta Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices / Michael J. Handel Accreditation and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training / Gordon Stanley Education, Training, and the Development of Workforce Skills Education and Qualifications as Skills / Paul Dalziel Pre-Employment Skill Formation in Australia and Germany / John Polesel Skill Development in Middle-level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training / Robert I. Lerman What Is Expected of Higher Education Graduates in the Twenty-first Century? / Martin Humburg and Rolf Van der Velden Employer-Led In-Work Training and Skill Formation: The Challenges of Multi-Varied and Contingent Phenomena / Lorna Unwin Unions, the Skills Agenda, and Workforce Development / Mark Stuart and Tony Huzzard A Working Lifetime of Skill and Training Needs / Günther Schmid Skills Demand and Deployment Skill Under-utilization / D. W. Livingstone Business Strategies and Skills / David Ashton, Caroline Lloyd, and Chris Warhurst Measuring Skills Stock, Job Skills, and Skills Mismatch / Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, and Francis Green Skill Outcomes The Individual Benefits of Investing in Skills / Craig Holmes The Economic and Social Benefits of Skills / Irena Grugulis, Craig Holmes, and Ken Mayhew Differing Skill Systems: The Levels of Determination Theorizing Skill Formation in the Global Economy / Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, and David Ashton Different National Skill Systems / Gerhard Bosch Skill Ecosystems / John Buchanan, Pauline Anderson, and Gail Power Employment Systems, Skills, and Knowledge / Alice Lam and David Marsden Differing Skill Systems: The Dynamics of Development in a Global Economy Skill Demands and Developments in the Advanced Economies / Caroline Smith Approaches to Skills in the Asian Developmental States / Johnny Sung and Arwen Raddon Emerging Economic Powers: The Transformation of the Skills Systems in China and India / Mingwei Liu and David Finegold Current Challenges Projecting the Impact of Information Technology on Work and Skills in the 2030s / Stuart W. Elliott International Skill Flows and Migration / James Wickham Professional Skills: Impact of Comparative Political Economy / Mari Sako Skills and Training for the Older Population: Training the New Work Generation / Wendy Loretto, Chris Phillipson, and Sarah Vickerstaff Rethinking Skills Development: Moving Beyond Competency Based Training / Leesa Wheelahan Who Pays for Skills? Differing Perspectives on Who Should Pay and Why / Lynn Gambin and Terence Hogarth Current Challenges: Policy Lessons and Implications / Ewart Keep Author Index Index