...Jorge Muniz Jr; Vagner Batista Ribeiro; Konstantinos Kakavelakis Purpose This paper aims to identify the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) implementation on organisations and worker skills in the modular consortium automotive model. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach is applied...

..., enhancing clinical reasoning and consultation and practical skills. Research limitations/implications Whilst there was interest in XR haptics, few participants described previous experience of using this technology in SBL. A large percentage of the participants were UK-based. Most participants were from...

.... Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered using both desk-based review of pre-diploma and diploma-level curricula and semi-structured interviews with eight employers and six technical school principals. Coded themes were interpreted in the meaning-making process. Findings Workplace skills...

... in innovative workplaces and a pivotal case, which explores challenges and skill models diffused in industry 4.0, describing the role of proper organizational learning processes in shaping new work cultures. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims to enhance the discussion around the 4.0 industrial...

... studies on occupational returns are limited and MOOCs may represent a viable, cost-efficient example of lifelong learning practice to respond to the demand of a better skilled workforce for the fourth industrial revolution. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on qualitative empirical...

... did males. Fewer differences were found in relation to institutional arrangement, and in-house students valued flexibility and communication skill as more important for educational curricula compared to university-based students. No differences were found in relation to age. Originality/value...

...Kiran Mirchandani Purpose This paper aims to focus on the communications skills training given to transnational call center workers in India whose jobs involve providing customer service to Western customers. Emotion work is a key component of customer service jobs, and this work is constructed...

...Kristina Westerberg; Esther Hauer Purpose The overall aim of the present study was to investigate the learning climate and work group skills perceived by managers and their subordinates in the municipal elderly care, prior to a development project. The specific research questions were...

...Dave Waller; Tom Holland Purpose This paper aims to explore a structured approach to measuring skills and knowledge, and to outline how such an approach can be beneficial for improving performance and supporting strategy. It also seeks to examine how online tools can help with this process...

... with others in context. What the authors call “guided contextualising” differs from conventional discussions of skill‐based novice learning and mentorship. For musicians, the competency that is being developed is one of learning how to become, forming a sense of identity as broader musical citizens as well...

... have attracted much attention over the last two decades. In such approaches, learning is defined as changing participation (for the individual) in a changing world, that is, in terms of person‐in‐context transactions rather than in terms of knowledge or skill housed within human minds (Lave, 1993...

.... In the case setting is presented. presents and discusses the major organisational, pedagogical and technological challenges derived from the study. The paper concludes with implications for further research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Training Education Skills Workplace...

...Bill Johnston; Aileen Watson This paper gives a succinct account of current debates in the literature on graduate attributes as they are related to employment and lifelong learning, and argues the limitations of a “key skills” agenda as a guide to curriculum practice. Development of a curricular...

...Karen Evans; Natasha Kersh The part played by tacit skills and knowledge in work performance is well recognised but not well understood. These implicit or hidden dimensions of knowledge and skill are key elements of “mastery”, which experienced workers draw upon in everyday activities...

...‐6113‐2 Competences Training techniques Skills Competency based education and training (CBET) is a much worn topic of discussion among academics and practitioners in the vocational education and training sector since the approach to education and training began to dominate the public...

...S. Ginzburg; E.M. Dar‐El Some of the conventions regarding relearning of complex tasks (requiring both psychomotor and procedural skills) are well known, especially as relating to retention curves. Still lacking, however, is information which better clarifies the relationship between relearning...

...Petruska Clarkson Introduces the cyclic nature of all experience as it is understood in Gestalt terms. Reports on the author′s opinion that in training people in counselling skills to help individuals deal with being made redundant, it is useful to use the idea of a cycle of human experience...

...John McLeod With the rapid expansion of counselling skills courses, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make decisions regarding which course is most appropriate. Discusses the key elements which should be included in courses, and explores the criteria which can be used to evaluate...

...R. Kwiatkowski; W. Dryden Discusses four ways of conceptualising counselling: as a set of skills, as a relationship, as a means of attaining outcomes, and as a set of definable tasks. Considers the issues arising from the BAC definition of counselling, Patterson′s (1974) approach, and the debate...

... of counselling more widely known and available, and to improve standards of training and practice. Counselling Professional associations Skills United Kingdom Welfare © MCB UP Limited 1989 Elizabeth Davies is the General Manager for BAC. She has responsibility for the day-to-day management...