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Publication date: 1 November 2006

Ewart Keep

The aim of this paper is to examine market failure and public policy on training.

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Purpose

The aim of this paper is to examine market failure and public policy on training.

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The paper presents four categories for market failure. It also examines evidence for the incidence of market failure

Findings

The study finds that there is weak evidence for market failure, but that it has featured prominently in policy thinking because of policy makers tendency to compare stocks of skills between countries.

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The paper provides useful information on market failure and public policy on training.

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Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, vol. 20 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7282

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Publication date: 6 September 2011

Martyn Sloman

The purpose of this paper is to consider critically Government policy options in achieving growth through skills acquisition and deployment.

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The purpose of this paper is to consider critically Government policy options in achieving growth through skills acquisition and deployment.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach takes the form of a review of policies drawing on literature from a number of countries.

Findings

Government has a tendency to offer macro‐solutions to a micro problem and is impotent as a result. The main hope lies in long‐term development through the education system.

Practical implications

The paper argues for a change in perspective from Government and a shift away from unhelpful initiatives. It calls for a long‐term investment in education.

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The paper links the Government's macro‐economic policies with the micro‐ implications at the level of the firm.

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Industrial and Commercial Training, vol. 43 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0019-7858

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Publication date: 1 June 2010

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Education + Training, vol. 52 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 November 2006

Ian Cunningham

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Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, vol. 20 no. 6
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ISSN: 1477-7282

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Publication date: 1 February 2005

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Education + Training, vol. 47 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 May 1990

Veronica Hope

In this article the author analyses the HRMstrategies and practices of a major life insurancecompany, designed to promote a marketing‐led,change‐oriented culture in an industry…

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In this article the author analyses the HRM strategies and practices of a major life insurance company, designed to promote a marketing‐led, change‐oriented culture in an industry traditionally characterised and paternalism by low levels of change.

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Personnel Review, vol. 19 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0048-3486

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Publication date: 1 May 1986

Keith Sisson

The past two years have seen considerable changes in the organisation of the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) at the University of Warwick as well as its personnel. It is…

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The past two years have seen considerable changes in the organisation of the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) at the University of Warwick as well as its personnel. It is now a Designated Research Centre (DRC) for which the university is responsible, as opposed to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The unit now comprises members of the DRC and of the industrial relations teaching staff of the school. An overview of the main research projects being undertaken during the first phase of the eight‐year term of the DRC is given. These can be divided into three broad areas: those concerned with managing industrial relations; trade unions and collective bargaining; and the law and industrial relations. Some of the thinking behind these projects is given. It is argued that continuity is as important as change in the work of the unit, in particular in the value placed on theoretical developments and interdisciplinary research. There is no reason why new areas of investigation cannot be accommodated within additional definitions of industrial relations

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Employee Relations, vol. 8 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0142-5455

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Publication date: 1 March 2011

Norman Crowther

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Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, vol. 1 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2042-3896

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Publication date: 4 February 2014

Martin McCracken

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Education + Training, vol. 56 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 18 September 2007

Richard Holden

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Education + Training, vol. 49 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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