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Abstract:
This article examines the investment made in skills training and challenges the assumptions about its mutual benefits. The authors argue that in both policy and practice, skills training programs prioritise the interests of business over unions, community groups and other stakeholders. The example of apprenticeships and 'soft skills' is discussed in relation to recent developments in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to illustrate this.
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Workforce development; Governance; Employment; Skills and knowledge; Industry; Finance
Keywords: Human resource development; Political aspects; Workplace; Key competency; Enterprise; Training investment
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Europe; New Zealand; Great Britain
Published: Leicester, England: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2001
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