Workforce development: perspectives and issues

This book adopts a critical outlook in challenging a range of assumptions relating to how and why people are developed at work. It takes a primarily Australian outlook after the global financial crisis and traces the progress of a national industry sector, with each chapter examining a key area of interest for organisational leaders. Overall, the authors argue that workforce development is a combination of activities influenced by context, politics and economic development. The overarching theme is that in times of financial tension when organisational strategy needs to change quickly, workfor ... Show more

Authors: Harris, Roger; Short, Tom

Published: Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2014

Resource type: Edited book

Physical description: xviii, 387 p.

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