Industrial Training and Technological Innovation: A Comparative and Historical Study - Couverture rigide

Gospel, Howard F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415043409 ISBN 13 : 9780415043403

Editeur : Cengage Learning EMEA, 1990

Synopsis

Training and the development of human resources are now seen as important aspects of company performance and national competitiveness. Managers and policy makers look to the experiences and practices that exist in other countries and in particular their methods for adopting new technology. However, there have been few comparative studies of different national training systems. This book deals with the relationship between industrial training and technological innovation in three major western economies - Britain, the US, and Japan. By looking at the origins and development of training in these countries, the book analyses the benefits resulting from the interaction of a skilled workforce and technological change. It uses new empirical material and case studies to show how training at various levels - managerial, technical, manual - is an essential prerequisite for successful innovation and economic performance. This collection should be of interest to all concerned with historical and contemporary aspects of industrial training and technological innovation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Taking an international and comparative perspective, this book focuses on the relationship between industrial training and technological change in three major global economies – the UK, USA and Japan. The contributors, an international group of leading researchers, look at the origins and development of training in these countries, and analyse the benefits resulting from the interaction of a skilled workforce and technological change. This analysis of training in major industrial nations reveals the full complexity of the relationship between labour and technological change. It shows the value of an approach which is both historical and comparative, and highlights the importance of education and training as a necessary basis for successful innovation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415043409
• ISBN 13: 9780415043403
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible