Contemporary issues in vocational education and training : an SME perspective / guest editor: Harry Matlay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matlay, Harry.

Series:

Education + Training ; 48, no. 8/9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational education.

Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book is the seventh in a series of extended features that focus specifically upon the Vocational Education and Training (VET) needs of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). It also includes a number of articles that consider pertinent aspects of Entrepreneurship Education and its impact upon graduate entrepreneurs.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Introduction; Embedding new entrepreneurship programmes in UK higher education institutions; Improving performance in very small firms through effective assessment and feedback; An inter-industry comparison of VET in Australian SMEs; Graduate entrepreneurship education in the United Kingdom; Small business learning through mentoring: evaluating a project; Delimiting knowledge transfer from training; Performance of distance learning students in a small business management course; Just what are tomorrow's SME employees looking for?

Managers' perceptions of management development needs in manufacturing SMEsOrganizational learning and performance; Tourism skills delivery: sharing tourism knowledge online; Researching entrepreneurship and education; UK news; European news; Reviews Books;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-73778-6

9786610737789

1-84663-225-0

OCLC:

86223019

Publisher Number:

9781846632242