...Sara Rodríguez-Pérez; Daniel Barrientos-Sánchez; Mónica Torres-Sánchez; Pilar Pineda-Herrero Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of quality levels with regard to dual Vocational Education and Training (VET) at companies participating...

...Diane Nauffal; Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and explain the high rates of employability of one group of Middle East youth by focussing on liberal arts and soft skills education as an integral part of quality higher education. Design/methodology/approach...

... universities rather than a decline in the market per se. Practical implications – The challenge for universities is to determine whether they can or are able to offer the DBA under a quality framework that requires academic rigour equal to the PhD. Originality/value – This paper presents...

.../approach – A cross-sectional, quantitative approach was chosen and path analysis and t-tests were used to analyze the data. Findings – Satisfaction is formed by two related constructs, emotions and perception of quality, and together explained 53 percent of the variance in satisfaction...

... the quality of this learning. The OECD has made use of a model of “Readiness, Intensity and Impact” for investigating the adoption and use of eBusiness technologies. The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework, based on this model and adapted for blended learning, to assess the readiness, intensity...

...Erica Smith; Phillip Grollman; Philipp Grollmann; Felix Rauner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that the quality of learning in German apprenticeships can be increased without raising costs under certain conditions. It starts with a contextual description of apprenticeship in the dual...

...Erica Smith; Phillip Grollman; Darryn Snell; Alison Hart Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the debate surrounding quality of training as it has unfolded in Australia and how concerns about high non‐completion rates have entered the debate. Design/methodology/approach This paper...

...Ronald G. Cook; Paul Belliveau; Mark E. Sandberg This study examined the output quality of a US microenterprise training program created to help entrepreneurs develop business plans for their ventures. The program concludes with the entrepreneurs' plans being scored by a panel of experts...

... for processes to quality assure usability or even to create a process to certify usability. Before this is possible a number of issues have to be resolved. All issues are fundamental to assure usability. We address each issue in our paper. The purpose of this paper is to review current approaches to quality...

... thinking approach and the classic statistical approach is illustrated using several business‐related examples. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Quality Statistics Total quality management In many business environments, the six sigma culture is becoming a way of life through a systematic effort...

... Training Quality © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Care-home training "can be appalling" Keywords: Training, Quality There are too few qualified supervisors in residential-care homes and the standards of training can be appalling, according to a report commissioned...

.... The book claims that the competency and quality movements of recent times had the potential to improve university student learning, but their influence has not always been beneficial. The authors state: “While we share some basic principles with them, our fundamental objection to those two movements...

...-time lecturers with lifelong-learning opportunities to improve their teaching skills. The Internet-based lifelong-learning network is at the heart of the plan, which also includes initial training for new part-time lecturers, a quality audit of lecturing assignments and quality management...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> European Union Quality Vocational training Euro-MPs' Leonardo "wish list" Keywords European Union, Quality, Vocational training The second phase of the EU Leonardo vocational-training programme, which begins in 2000, should concentrate...

... New deal inspections Keywords Inspection, Quality, Training,Young people The training and effectiveness of training for young people on the Government's new deal, which aims to help the unemployed into work, will be subject to independent inspection by the Training Standards Council...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Evaluation Quality Vocational training Evaluation of training Keywords Evaluation, Quality, Vocational training The Pave (promoting added value through evaluation of training) project, funded under the EU Leonardo training programme...

..., these measurements may prove to be crucial. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Effectiveness Individual behaviour Organizational change Quality Training Many of the managers who recognize that training in technical skills delivers real benefits will blanch at the thought that nontechnical training can also...

... Sema Group is investing in management development to manage rapid growth and continuous process improvements. In partnership with International Management Centres, it is creating an in‐company postgraduate diploma in quality management. Describes the course and what is to be achieved from it. ©...

... Examines a number of issues in education and training by bringing together 19 abstracts from 1996 journals. Looks at quality learning, communication, information technology, distance learning, lifelong learning and the student market. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Education Learning Quality...

... Publishes more than sixty abstracts on various aspects of higher education, from 1996 journals. Ranges over technology, quality, business‐education links, financing higher education, gender issues, learning and assessment, learning organizations, educational change, and the place of research...