International perspectives on competence in the workplace : implications for research, policy and practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Velde, Christine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, NY : Springer , c2009
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Understanding of work: the basis for competence development
  • 2. Exploring opportunities for collaborative linkages in the vocational education and training (VET) sector
  • 3. Workplace competence social and personal perspectives
  • 4. The changing context of business education: competency requirements for the new paradigm
  • 5. Professional competencies: perspectives and challenges for the tertiary sector
  • 6. Employers' perceptions of graduate outcomes: a case study of a private college in Shanghai
  • 7. Workplace trainers in enterprises: merging and emerging areas of practice
  • 8. Developing entrepreneurial competencies through dilemma reconciliation
  • 9. Learning environments of employees in knowledge intensive company units
  • 10. Intercultural knowledge management: a competency model for the repatriation of expatriates in the Asia-Pacific
  • 11. Local needs, global context: innovation and excellence in teaching in the modern university
  • 12. Demands for intercultural communicative competence in working life
  • 13. Conclusion