Download or read book A Program of Research on the Role of Employer Training in Ameliorating Skill Shortages and Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness written by John Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reaching the Goals written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kill the Messenger written by Richard Phelps and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to public demand, federal legislation now requires testing of most students in the United States in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight. Many educators, parents, and policymakers who have paid little attention to testing policy issues in the past need to have better information on the topic than has generally been available. Kill the Messenger, now in paperback, fills this gap.This is perhaps the most thorough and authoritative work in defense of educational testing ever written. Phelps points out that much research conducted by education insiders on the topic is based on ideological preference or profound self-interest. It is not surprising that they arrive at emphatically anti-testing conclusions. Much, if not most, of this hostile research is passed on to the public by journalists as if it were neutral, objective, and independent. Kill the Messenger explains and refutes many of the common criticisms of testing; describes testing opponents' strategies, through case studies of Texas and the SAT; illustrates the profound media bias against testing; acknowledges testing's limitations, and suggests how it can be improved; and finally, outlines the consequences of losing the ""war on standardized testing.
Download or read book Journal of Policy Analysis and Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompasses issues and practices in policy analysis and public management. Listed among the contributors are economists, public managers, and operations researchers. Featured regularly are book reviews and a department devoted to discussing ideas and issues of importance to practitioners, researchers, and academics.
Download or read book No One Left Behind written by Twentieth Century Fund. Task Force on Retraining America's Workforce and published by Twentieth Century Foundation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies government and corporate strategies that could continuously strengthen the skills and knowledge of workers and enhance the productivity of the American workforce, raising prospects for higher U.S. corporate profitability and economic growth. The report was prepared by a task force comprised of representatives from business, labor, government, and academia.
Download or read book Of Heart and Mind written by Garth L. Mangum and published by W. E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 1996 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises an overview of Sar A. Levitan's life and accompilsments and 15 essays on different aspects of labour and social policy during the last 30 years.
Download or read book Employer Training and Skill Shortages written by John Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Right Skills for the Job written by Rita Almeida and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits skills development policies and points to new directions for making training programs more effective and responsive in increasingly competitive labor market.
Download or read book Namibia written by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Namibia discusses that with the temporary stimuli now ended, the economy is rebalancing while the government is implementing a significant fiscal consolidation. A likely slow recovery, the need for further fiscal adjustment to bring public debt to a sustainable path, persistent inequalities and structural impediments to growth, point to a challenging outlook. Immediate measures are needed to deliver the authorities’ fiscal adjustment plans and bring public debt to a sustainable path. Policies should combine spending reductions and revenue increases that support long-term growth. Better targeting of cash transfers would protect the poor. Structural reforms are urgently needed to strengthen productivity and external competitiveness and boost long-term growth. Reforms should streamline business regulations, contain public sector wage dynamics, and reduce costs of key production inputs. Over time, it is important to remove non-tariff barriers to exports, foster the adoption of new technologies, and address shortages of skilled workers.
Download or read book The Role of Company Training Programs to Improve Employee Performance and Company Productivity written by Clifford William Schilling and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report to the President and to the Congress for Fiscal Year written by National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elevating the Skills of the American Workforce written by Council on Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Job Training that Gets Results written by Michael Bernick and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that a strong private economy can reduce unemployment more successfully than government programmes and that job training programmes should reflect the current market. Looks at ways of building and maintaining career ladders for the working poor, the roles of welfare reform and emerging new occupations in the ITC industries, aspects of poverty reduction, and job training in a world of globalization.
Download or read book Employee Training written by Stephen Machin and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the job Training written by John M. Barron and published by W E Upjohn Inst for. This book was released on 1997 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a review of literature and data collected from worker and employer surveys, a study examined on-the-job training and its implications. Among the factors analyzed were the following: (1) on-the-job training as an investment in human capital; (2) measures of on-the-job training; (3) who receives on-the-job training; (4) how well do we measure on-the-job training; (5) the impact of training on wages and productivity; and (6) training and firm recruiting strategies. The study found that most newly hired workers undergo on-the-job training, although employers report more training than workers do. College-educated workers and workers employed in large establishments receive more training than their less-educated counterparts in smaller firms. The study also found that training generates productivity growth and increases wage growth, although it slightly decreases the starting wage. To avoid costly mistakes, firms make greater recruiting efforts to find workers for jobs with more extensive on-the-job training. The study concluded that, if government wants to encourage on-the-job training in private industry, it should target under-served groups, and it should allow industry to determine the most efficient method of training. Merely requiring more formal training could result in higher expenditures without actually increasing the amount of training workers receive. (150 references) (KC)
Download or read book On the job Training written by Harley Frazis and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On-the-Job Training surveys the recent literature from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The analysis of how individuals obtain and are paid for their skills is fundamental to labor economics. The basic idea of human capital theory is that workers and firms invest in workers' skills in order to increase their productivity, much as persons invest in financial or physical assets to earn income. Workers develop many skills through formal education not tied to an employer, but an important part of their skills are learned on the job. On-the-Job Training focuses on recent literature including empirical research using direct measures of training and theoretical papers inspired by findings from this empirical work. The authors presents a theoretical model showing that costs and returns to general human capital may be shared if training increases mobility costs, if there are constraints on lowering wages, or if there is uncertainty about the value of training at competing employers. This model analyzes the choice of the amount of training, emphasizing the influence of whether the employer can commit to training prior to employment. In addition, the model implies that firms will attempt to match low-turnover workers with training opportunities, which is supported by the empirical literature.
