Economic Restructuring and Human Resource Development

by Powell, Marcus

• ISBN13: 9780754611639
• ISBN10: 0754611639
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781351759441
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Summary

Economic Restructuring and Human Resource Development analyses education and training (ET) issues from the practical and analytical perspective of a planner and begins by asking one simple question, namely - to what extent have ET systems in the American and Caribbean region supported economic restructuring? The interest in this subject stems from a concern by governments over how they can manage change and what contribution education and training policies play in this process. The book is the culmination of three years research into this relationship in the American and Caribbean region. It draws on the academic and practical experience of the author who has lectured and undertaken consultancy work on this subject. A number of empirical country case studies are presented and analysed from a policy perspective. Finally, the conclusion addresses whether ET systems are facilitating change, simply responding to it, or are concerned with meeting other needs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
1 Introduction	1	(12)
2 Economic Restructuring and Human Resource Development: A Discussion of Events in Mexico	13	(14)
3 A Pluralist and a National Approach to Globalization? Economic Restructuring and HRD in the United States of America	27	(20)
4 The Feline that wants to become a Puma - Human Resource Development and Economic Transformation in Chile	47	(18)
5 Human Resource Development and Structural Change in Canada - A Provincial or a Federal Approach?	65	(20)
6 Education and Training Systems in the Caribbean: Imposed, Voluntary and Indigenous Routes?	85	(20)
7 Conclusion	105	(18)
Bibliography	123	(12)
Index	135