Author: John P. Grierson
Publisher: Skat
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book was written to help formal and informal sector trainers provide the prospective self-employed with both useful skills and business acumen, and to help vocational training managers and administrators address the challenges of reorienting their institutions to self-employment. Self-employment is fundamentally about business, however modest the micro-enterprises of the self-employed might appear to be. The book has four principal parts. Part l opens with a brief overview of enterprise development issues, and provides a framework to help projects, training institutions and education systems consider or plan self-employment programmes. Part ll is an overview of self-employment issues and options. Part lll offers a collection of case studies from Africa, India, and Latin America. The final section, Part lV, offers a synthesis of experiences to date and a systematic oway forwardo.
Training for Self-employment Through Vocational Training Institutions
Author: John P. Grierson
Publisher: Skat
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book was written to help formal and informal sector trainers provide the prospective self-employed with both useful skills and business acumen, and to help vocational training managers and administrators address the challenges of reorienting their institutions to self-employment. Self-employment is fundamentally about business, however modest the micro-enterprises of the self-employed might appear to be. The book has four principal parts. Part l opens with a brief overview of enterprise development issues, and provides a framework to help projects, training institutions and education systems consider or plan self-employment programmes. Part ll is an overview of self-employment issues and options. Part lll offers a collection of case studies from Africa, India, and Latin America. The final section, Part lV, offers a synthesis of experiences to date and a systematic oway forwardo.
Publisher: Skat
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book was written to help formal and informal sector trainers provide the prospective self-employed with both useful skills and business acumen, and to help vocational training managers and administrators address the challenges of reorienting their institutions to self-employment. Self-employment is fundamentally about business, however modest the micro-enterprises of the self-employed might appear to be. The book has four principal parts. Part l opens with a brief overview of enterprise development issues, and provides a framework to help projects, training institutions and education systems consider or plan self-employment programmes. Part ll is an overview of self-employment issues and options. Part lll offers a collection of case studies from Africa, India, and Latin America. The final section, Part lV, offers a synthesis of experiences to date and a systematic oway forwardo.
Skills Development in Very Small and Micro Enterprises
Author: Simon A. McGrath
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796920980
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This volume draws together two studies for the Department of Labour, a picture of the dynamism of many such firms emerges. Considerable learning is going on amongst the highly diverse VSME population and the challenge for the state lies in how to support what is already going on: how to spread it and how to avoid over-interference in enterprises whose success has typically been irrespective of, or in spite of external interventions. The Research Programme on Human Resources Development (HRD) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) aims to inform the development of skills that will meet national, social and economic needs. In addition to producing an HRD Review and an electronically accessible cross-sectoral warehouse, the Research Programme undertakes user-driven research in education and training, focusing on further and higher education and science, technology and education, with a strong emphasis on learning pathways - especially the transition between different levels of education and training, and between education and work.
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796920980
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This volume draws together two studies for the Department of Labour, a picture of the dynamism of many such firms emerges. Considerable learning is going on amongst the highly diverse VSME population and the challenge for the state lies in how to support what is already going on: how to spread it and how to avoid over-interference in enterprises whose success has typically been irrespective of, or in spite of external interventions. The Research Programme on Human Resources Development (HRD) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) aims to inform the development of skills that will meet national, social and economic needs. In addition to producing an HRD Review and an electronically accessible cross-sectoral warehouse, the Research Programme undertakes user-driven research in education and training, focusing on further and higher education and science, technology and education, with a strong emphasis on learning pathways - especially the transition between different levels of education and training, and between education and work.
Training Entrepreneurs for Small Business Creation
Author: Kenneth Loucks
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221063438
Category : Entrepreneurship
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Describes the assistance that can be had in various countries by those who want to start and own a small business.
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221063438
Category : Entrepreneurship
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Describes the assistance that can be had in various countries by those who want to start and own a small business.
Training for Work in the Informal Micro-Enterprise Sector
Author: Hans Christiaan Haan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402038283
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In Sub-Sahara Africa, the sector of informal micro-enterprises (IMEs) is already employing a large share of the labour force in both urban and rural areas. This study reviews the ways in which the owners and workers of IMEs have acquired their vocational and management skills. It reviews the contributions of all the different training providers, including public sector training institutes, private sector training providers, and training centres run by NGOs and other non-profit organizations. The study finds that informal apprenticeship training is by far the most common source of various skills - in some countries it is likely to be responsible for 80-90% of all ongoing training efforts. Informal apprenticeship training presents a number of important advantages. At the same time it has a number of limitations. The study concludes that there is a major challenge to improve the transfer of relevant skills to IME operators, both through pre-employment training and skills upgrading. In view of the scope of the challenge to provide hundreds of thousands IME owners and workers, as well as large numbers of out of school youths with relevant practical and management skills, it suggests to build upon the strengths of the existing practices of informal apprenticeship training and to remedy its weaknesses by involving professional training providers in upgrading its training organization and delivery, quality and efficiency, and final training outcomes. It reviews the results of a number of innovative interventions in different African countries that are working in this direction. Finally, the study suggests that there is an interesting potential in ‘business-embedded training’ provided by private companies as part of their regular business operations.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402038283
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In Sub-Sahara Africa, the sector of informal micro-enterprises (IMEs) is already employing a large share of the labour force in both urban and rural areas. This study reviews the ways in which the owners and workers of IMEs have acquired their vocational and management skills. It reviews the contributions of all the different training providers, including public sector training institutes, private sector training providers, and training centres run by NGOs and other non-profit organizations. The study finds that informal apprenticeship training is by far the most common source of various skills - in some countries it is likely to be responsible for 80-90% of all ongoing training efforts. Informal apprenticeship training presents a number of important advantages. At the same time it has a number of limitations. The study concludes that there is a major challenge to improve the transfer of relevant skills to IME operators, both through pre-employment training and skills upgrading. In view of the scope of the challenge to provide hundreds of thousands IME owners and workers, as well as large numbers of out of school youths with relevant practical and management skills, it suggests to build upon the strengths of the existing practices of informal apprenticeship training and to remedy its weaknesses by involving professional training providers in upgrading its training organization and delivery, quality and efficiency, and final training outcomes. It reviews the results of a number of innovative interventions in different African countries that are working in this direction. Finally, the study suggests that there is an interesting potential in ‘business-embedded training’ provided by private companies as part of their regular business operations.
Work, Learning and Sustainable Development
Author: John Fien
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402081944
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the way countries, education systems and institutions have responded to the call for an integration of learning for work, citizenship and sustainability at the Second International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education which was held in Seoul in 1999. Discussions on the central theme of the Seoul Conference - lifelong learning and training for all, a bridge to the future – led to the conclusion that a new paradigm of both development and Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) was needed. This book showcases the wide range of international initiatives that have sought to put such exhortations into practice. It includes: case studies of national TVET policy reforms, reoriented curricula, sustainable campus management programs, and examples of innovative approaches to integrating learning in TVET with on-the-job training and in community service. It also focuses on the issues and challenges being faced and ways of moving forward. Case studies feature initiatives in a wide range of world regions and countries, and include authors from: UK, Germany, Finland, Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, China, Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402081944
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the way countries, education systems and institutions have responded to the call for an integration of learning for work, citizenship and sustainability at the Second International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education which was held in Seoul in 1999. Discussions on the central theme of the Seoul Conference - lifelong learning and training for all, a bridge to the future – led to the conclusion that a new paradigm of both development and Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) was needed. This book showcases the wide range of international initiatives that have sought to put such exhortations into practice. It includes: case studies of national TVET policy reforms, reoriented curricula, sustainable campus management programs, and examples of innovative approaches to integrating learning in TVET with on-the-job training and in community service. It also focuses on the issues and challenges being faced and ways of moving forward. Case studies feature initiatives in a wide range of world regions and countries, and include authors from: UK, Germany, Finland, Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, China, Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.
Building the Skills for Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Sri Lanka
Author: Halil Dundar
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464801592
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book examines skills demand and supply in Sri Lanka, and offers insightful analysis of the education and training system, and its responsiveness to changes in demand for skills. The book also provides suggestions on how the skills development system can be improved to better achieve Sri Lanka s development goals.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464801592
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book examines skills demand and supply in Sri Lanka, and offers insightful analysis of the education and training system, and its responsiveness to changes in demand for skills. The book also provides suggestions on how the skills development system can be improved to better achieve Sri Lanka s development goals.
Technical Education and Vocational Training in Developing Nations
Author: Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522518126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Severe economic depression and the difficulty to acquire employment with adequate income have significant impact on a nation’s social welfare. The need to provide ample educational opportunities is more imperative than ever, particularly in emerging economies. Technical Education and Vocational Training in Developing Nations is a comprehensive reference source for the latest literature on optimizing the implementation of curriculum development and instructional design strategies for technical and vocational education. Featuring innovative coverage across a range of relevant topics, such as curriculum deficiency, teacher competencies, and accessible learning, this book is ideally designed for policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and educators interested in the improvement of professional learning programs.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522518126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Severe economic depression and the difficulty to acquire employment with adequate income have significant impact on a nation’s social welfare. The need to provide ample educational opportunities is more imperative than ever, particularly in emerging economies. Technical Education and Vocational Training in Developing Nations is a comprehensive reference source for the latest literature on optimizing the implementation of curriculum development and instructional design strategies for technical and vocational education. Featuring innovative coverage across a range of relevant topics, such as curriculum deficiency, teacher competencies, and accessible learning, this book is ideally designed for policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and educators interested in the improvement of professional learning programs.
Vocational Education and Training in Southern Africa
Author: Salim Akoojee
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796920430
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796920430
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher Description
Making Self-employment Work for People with Disabilities
Author: Cary Griffin
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781598574036
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Updated with a new and improved assessment approach, more self-employment success stories, and the latest on policy changes and online opportunities, this book is your step-by-step guide to helping adults with disabilities get a small business off to a strong start.
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781598574036
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Updated with a new and improved assessment approach, more self-employment success stories, and the latest on policy changes and online opportunities, this book is your step-by-step guide to helping adults with disabilities get a small business off to a strong start.
Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals
Author: A Vinodan
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1837539804
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
What role does the informal economy have to play in SDG implementation? The chapters collected here by a range of scholars explore this question in detail; examining case studies and presenting empirical evidence based on both qualitative and quantitative assessment.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1837539804
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
What role does the informal economy have to play in SDG implementation? The chapters collected here by a range of scholars explore this question in detail; examining case studies and presenting empirical evidence based on both qualitative and quantitative assessment.