Skills in Business: The Role of Business Strategy, Sectoral Skills Development and Skills Policy / Edition 1

by Johnny Sung, David N Ashton

Overview

This book examines the role of public skills policy from a new perspective. It starts by challenging the lack of a systematic analysis of the link between skills utilisation and business strategy, and provides a new model for fresh thinking. It extends this theoretical analysis to examine the implications for the sectoral approach to skills development as a more effective form of public skills policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849201100
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/04/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Professor Johnny Sung is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Adult Learning and a visiting professor for the Institute of Education at University College London.

David Ashton is an Emeritus Professor in Management at Leicester University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He has also taught at the University of Reading in the UK, the University of Alberta (Canada) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA).

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Challenges Facing Skills Policy in the 21st Century
The Long Wait is Over: Linking Business Strategy to Skills
Technical Relations and Skill Levels
Interpersonal Relations and Skill Utilisation
Skills, Performance and Change
A Sectoral Approach to Skills Development and Public Skills Policy
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Makes a much needed contribution to the complex debate of how skills can best be utilised to enhance company performance, with particular emphasis on an innovative sectoral approach. It is a model of clarity in its presentation of the authors’ conceptual models using a historical narrative as well as comparative case studies in both the UK and Singapore.

Bert Clough

Johnny Sung and David Ashton are two of the leading scholars in the area of skills. This book combines challenging theories with cutting edge research in a way that should bring skills to life for students. I strongly recommend it for anyone researching or studying in this area.

Irena Grugulis