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European goals related to 'lifelong learning' and the development of a 'knowledge-based society' can only be attained if the organisations in which people work are also organisations in which they learn. This means that work organisations must also become learning organisations. Thus, people are learning from their work - they are learning as they work. The aim is to build organisations that are continuously learning how to be more productive, while at the same time, individual members of these organisations are developing themselves through their work. This book, the second of a two-volume publication [volume I is available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 74.115], is a reader comprising 15 papers, written by different experts, that present the work of a number of individual European projects. As well as exploring the meaning of the learning organisation, these papers present case studies and examine the role of human resource development and education and training actors in supporting learning organisations. Part one, 'The meaning of the learning organisation', contains: Developmental learning - a condition for organisational learning / Per-Erik Ellstrom; Challenges and open questions raised by the concept of the learning organisation / Martin Fisher; How organisations learn - a theory of learning and organisational development / Hans-Werner Franz; Competing perspectives on workplace learning and the learning organisation / Alan Brown, Ewart Keep; The conundrum of the learning organisation - instrumental and emancipatory theories of learning / Peter Cressey, Michael Kelleher. Part two, 'Organisational learning realities in different contexts', contains: Social dialogue and organisational learning / Michael Kelleher, Peter Cressey; Implementing organisational change in British Telecom / Peter Cressey; Banking on learning - the Deutsche Bank Corporate University / Daniela Reimann; Stimulating a thirst for learning - the case of the Guinness Dublin brewery / John Findlater; Learning to network - the transformation of a social research institute / Hans-Werner Franz; The relationship between critical reflection and learning - experiences within Dutch companies / Marianne van Woerkom, Wim J. Nijhof, Loek Nieuwenhuis. Part three, 'Human resource development in support of organisational learning', contains: The learning organisation and HRD in the knowledge economy / Massimo Tomassini; The changing role of HRD practitioners in learning-oriented organisations / Sally Sambrook, Jim Stewart, Saskia Tjepkema; Experiences of HRD consultants in supporting organisational learning / Rob Poell, Geoff Chivers; Human resource development in Europe - at the crossroads / Barry Nyhan.

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'The value of learning' is the third in the Cedefop series of reports on vocational education and training (VET) research. It covers three broad themes, published in three volumes: impact of education and training; the foundations of evaluation and impact research; and evaluation of systems and programmes. This volume of the background report: gathers contributions on philosophical roots, types and standards of evaluation and impact research; discusses tools and methods for evaluating education and training systems and reforms; and addresses competence measurement and the design and selection key competences in an international context. It contains: Philosophies and types of evaluation research / Elliot Stern; Developing standards to evaluate vocational education and training programmes / Wolfgang Beywl, Sandra Speer; Methods and limitations of evaluation and impact research / Reinhard Hujer, Marco Caliendo, Dubravko Radic; From project to policy evaluation in vocational education and training - possible concepts and tools: evidence from countries in transition / Evelyn Viertel, Soren P. Nielsen, David L. Parkes, Soren Poulsen; Look, listen and learn: an international evaluation of adult learning / Beatriz Pont and Patrick Werquin; Measurement and evaluation of competence / Gerald A. Straka; An overarching conceptual framework for assessing key competences: lessons from an interdisciplinary and policy-oriented approach / Dominique Simone Rychen.

The three volumes of the background report are indexed from TD/TNC 84.261 to TD/TNC 84.263; individual papers from these volumes are indexed from TD/TNC 84.264 to TD/TNC 84.283. The synthesis report from this third series is indexed at TD/IRD 88.32; its executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 84.259. Show less

The three volumes of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on key VET issues, building upon the first report, published in 1998. The articles cover six main fields: (1) VET systems, coordination with the labour market and steering; (2) lifelong learning and competences: challenges to reforms; (3) training and employment in a company perspective; (4) employment, economic performance and skill mismatch; (5) individual performance, transition to active life and social exclusion; (6) VET research activities outside the European Union. Volume one, covering the first two fields, contains the following articles: Steering, networking, and profiles of professionals in vocational education and training (VET) / Lorenz Lassnigg; Financing vocational education and training / Andy Green, Ann Hodgson, Akiko Sakamoto, Ken Spours; How to improve the standing of vocational compared to general education: a collaborative investigation of strategies and qualifications across Europe / Johanna Lasonen, Sabine Manning; Certification and legibility of competence / Annie Bouder, Laurence Coutrot, Edith Kirsch, Jean-Louis Kirsch, Josiane Paddeu, Alain Savoyant, Emmanuel Sulzer; The changing institutional and political role of non-formal learning: European trends / Jens Bjornavold; The problems raised by the changing role of trainers in a European context / Mara Brugia, Anne de Blignieres; Lifelong learning - how the paradigm has changed in the 1990s / Martina Ni Cheallaigh; Training for new jobs: contents and pilot projects / Jeroen Onstenk; Vocational training and innovative practices in the environmental sector: a comparison of five EU Member States, with specimen cases / Roland Loos; Company-based learning in the context of new forms of learning and differentiated training paths / Peter Dehnbostel, Gisela Dybowski.

Volumes two and three are indexed at TD/TNC 66.508 and TD/TNC 66.509; the executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 67.408.

The first background report, published in two volumes, is indexed at TD/IRD 88.38 and TD/INT 58.286. Show less

The three volumes of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on key VET issues, building upon the first report, published in 1998. The articles cover six main fields: (1) VET systems, coordination with the labour market and steering; (2) lifelong learning and competences: challenges to reforms; (3) training and employment in a company perspective; (4) employment, economic performance and skill mismatch; (5) individual performance, transition to active life and social exclusion; (6) VET research activities outside the European Union. Volume three, covering the last two fields, contains the following articles: Training and individual performance: evidence from microeconometric studies / Friedhelm Pfeiffer; The effect of national institutional differences on education/training to work transitions in Europe: a comparative research project (CATEWE) under the TSER programme / Damian F. Hannan et al.; Education and labour market change: the dynamics of education to work transition in Europe: a review of the TSER programme / Damian F. Hannan, Patrick Werquin; Selection, social exclusion and training offers for target groups / Jan Vranken, Mieke Frans; Training and employment perspectives for lower qualified people / Jittie Brandsma; Research on vocational education and training at the crossroads of transition: Central and Eastern Europe / Olga Strietska-Ilina; VET research in other European and non-European countries / Uwe Lauterbach et al. Also included in volume three are: Research on vocational education and training in the current research framework of the European Commission / Lieve Van den Brande; Synopsis of selected VET related projects undertaken in the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci I programme; Targeted socio-economic research (TSER): project synopsis.

Volumes one and two are indexed at TD/TNC 66.507 and TD/TNC 66.508; the executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 67.408.

The first background report, published in two volumes, is indexed at TD/IRD 88.38 and TD/INT 58.286. Show less

This book examines European case studies on regional and local innovation. It is based on the work of a European network project. Regional innovation depends on dialogue, networking and learning between all social and economic actors. The interfaces between the different interest groups in a region or locality are the places where learning takes place: people learning to act together to address their problems. This can be understood as collaborative learning for action along 'learning region' lines. Education and training agencies can facilitate this process by being moderators of action-oriented learning and carrying out accompanying research. The cases in the book look at how education and training agencies, including universities cooperated with other regional actors to promote innovation. Different regional concerns are covered, ranging from manufacturing, regional universities, women's cooperatives to promoting social cohesion in a multicultural community.

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The contents are as follows: Part I, 'Addressing the issue of local innovation', contains the following chapters: Building learning regions for innovation in Europe: a challenge for education and training / Barry Nyhan; Designing a European project on learning for local innovation / Bjorn Gustavsen, Richard Ennals. Part II, 'European regional learning cases', contains: The Rhine-Neckar-Triangle regional development partnership / Thomas Stahl; The role of development facilitators in company innovation in Norway / Trond Haga; The Amadora Lisbon agenda / Maria Joao Filgueiras-Rauch; Women's cooperatives in Magnesia, Greece: taking steps in partial learning / Yeoryios Stamboulis, Yannis Psycharis; Supporting innovation: case study of two Swedish industrial development centres / Marie-Louise Eriksson; Raufoss: from a learning company to a learning region / Tom Johnstad; Promoting regional innovation through healthy working centres in south-east England / Anne-Marie McEwan, Richard Ennals; Learning Lithuania: building a small country / Arunas Augustinaitis; Making regional networks more effective through self-evaluation / Ludger Deitmer.

Part III, 'Changing role of universities in promoting regional learning', contains the following chapters: The winding road to the learning region: a case study from Sweden / Bernd Hofmaier; Emilia-Romagna after industrial districts: regional policy implications / Andrea Bardi; Engagement of a university in regional development in the UK: a critical reflection / Peter Totterdill. Part IV, 'Theoretical reflections on the learning region concept', contains: Critique of the learning region concept and reevaluation of regional innovation systems / Philip Cooke; Learning and innovation in a globalising economy: the role of learning regions / Bjorn Asheim. Part V, 'Learning from European cooperation', contains: Summary and conclusions: learning from the cases / Bjorn Gustavsen, Richard Ennals, Barry Nyhan. Show less

'The value of learning' is the third in the Cedefop series of reports on vocational education and training (VET) research. It covers three broad themes: impact of education and training; the foundations of evaluation and impact research; and evaluation of systems and programmes. This volume of the background report addresses research work assessing the material and non-material impacts of education, training and skills at macroeconomic and regional level, and the impacts on enterprises and individuals. It includes case studies on the impact of active labour-market policies (ALMP) with training components, in terms of both effects for the economy and for social integration. The contents are: The impact of human capital on economic growth: a review / Rob A. Wilson, Geoff Briscoe; Empirical analysis of human capital development and economic growth in European regions / Hiro Izushi, Robert Huggins; Non-material benefits of education, training and skills at a macro level / Andy Green, John Preston, Lars-Erik Malmberg; Macroeconometric evaluation of active labour-market policy - a case study for Germany / Reinhard Hujer, Marco Caliendo, Christopher Zeiss; Active policies and measures: impact on integration and reintegration in the labour market and social life / Kenneth Walsh and David J. Parsons; The impact of human capital and human capital investments on company performance: evidence from literature and European survey results / Bo Hansson, Ulf Johanson, Karl-Heinz Leitner; The benefits of education, training and skills from an individual life-course perspective with a particular focus on life-course and biographical research / Maren Heise, Wolfgang Meyer.

The three volumes of the background report are indexed from TD/TNC 84.261 to TD/TNC 84.263; individual papers from these volumes are indexed from TD/TNC 84.264 to TD/TNC 84.283. The synthesis report from this third series is indexed at TD/IRD 88.32; its executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 84.259. Show less

'The value of learning' is the third in the Cedefop series of reports on vocational education and training (VET) research. It covers three broad themes, published in three volumes: impact of education and training; the foundations of evaluation and impact research; and evaluation of systems and programmes. This volume of the background report gathers contributions on recent evaluations of education and training systems and reforms and uses case studies to provide an insight into current evaluation practices in several European countries and to assess the results of international programs and initiatives supported by the European Union (EU). It contains: Evaluating the impact of reforms of vocational education and training: examples of practice / Mike Coles; Evaluating systems reform in vocational education and training: learning from Danish and Dutch cases / Loek Nieuwenhuis, Hanne Shapiro; Evaluation of EU and international programmes and initiatives promoting mobility: selected case studies / Wolfgang Hellwig, Uwe Lauterbach, Hermann-Gunter Hesse, Sabine Fabriz; Consultancy for free?: evaluation practice and culture in the European Union and central and eastern Europe: findings from selected EU programmes / Bernd Baumgartl, Olga Strietska-Ilina, Gerhard Schaumberger; Quasi-market reforms in employment and training services: first experiences and evaluation results / Ludo Struyven, Geert Steurs; Evaluation activities in the European Commission / Josep Molsosa.

The three volumes of the background report are indexed from TD/TNC 84.261 to TD/TNC 84.263; individual papers from these volumes are indexed from TD/TNC 84.264 to TD/TNC 84.283. The synthesis report from this third series is indexed at TD/IRD 88.32; its executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 84.259. Show less

The three volumes of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on key VET issues, building upon the first report, published in 1998. The articles cover six main fields: (1) VET systems, coordination with the labour market and steering; (2) lifelong learning and competences: challenges to reforms; (3) training and employment in a company perspective; (4) employment, economic performance and skill mismatch; (5) individual performance, transition to active life and social exclusion; (6) VET research activities outside the European Union. Volume two, covering fields three and four, contains the following articles: Globalisation, division of labour and training needs from a company view / Johan Dejonckheere, Geert Van Hootegem; Training, mobility and regulation of the wage relationship: specific and transversal forms / Said Hanchane with the assistance of Philippe Mehaut; The employment and training practices of SMEs: examination of research in five EU Member States / Philippe Trouve with the collaboration of Elyes Bentabet, Bruno Courault, Mary Creagh, Clemence Milliere, Joseph Reindl, Markus Fecht, Hartmut Reineke; Human resource development in Europe - at the crossroads / Barry Nyhan; Reporting on human capital; objectives and trends / Sven-Age Westphalen; Vocational training research on the basis of enterprise surveys: an international perspective / Lutz Bellmann; The skills market: dynamics and regulation / Jordi Planas, Jean Francois Giret, Guillem Sala, Jean Vincens; Economic performance of education and training: costs and benefits / Alan Barrett; Unemployment and skills from a dynamic perspective / Joost Bollens; Overqualification: reasons, measurement issues and typological affinity to unemployment / Felix Buchel; Forecasting skill requirements at national and company levels / Rob A. Wilson.

Volumes one and three are indexed at TD/TNC 66.507 and TD/TNC 66.509; the executive summary is indexed at TD/TNC 67.408.

The first background report, published in two volumes, is indexed at TD/IRD 88.38 and TD/INT 58.286. Show less