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The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, PDF eBook

The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training PDF

Edited by Chris Warhurst, Ken Mayhew, David Finegold, John Buchanan

Part of the Oxford Handbooks series

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Description

Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management.

But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving?

What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future?This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such as these.

It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education, and geography.

The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature - and future - of work, employment, and management.

It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerningskills and training today.

While written primarily by leading scholars in the field, it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future.