skills model is apparently hard to nurture within an Anglo-Saxon business environment, and seeks to suggest why many UK firms …, in terms of both what impact adoption of the Ango-Saxon model might have on the skills and IR systems of other developed …

This paper investigates changes in the use of generic skills in Britain's workplaces, and examines which generic skills …. We use instruments borrowed and adapted from commercial psychology to derive quantitative measures of generic skills used …. The analysis shows that: (a) with the exception of physical skills, most generic skills are becoming more important in …

It is now widely recognised that employer demand for skills in Britain is quite low by comparison with several other … strategy and workforce skills derived from the 2001 Employers Skills Survey to submit two widely-argued propositions to … on demand for skills. In sectors characterised by relatively high proportions of firms deploying high value added skill …

time the sector is reporting serious skills shortages, particularly customer handlingand communication skills. These … and diversityof the skill requirements is substantial, forming a continuum from basic skills to high …-levelmanagement skills.This paper will attempt to identify the nature of the skills shortages across the sector; explorethe ways in which …

The concept of the Low Skills Equilibrium (LSE) denotes a mutually reinforcing set of mechanisms that generate a … pattern of low skills and low productivity. The idea has been a powerful one in both analytical and policy terms. There is … likely to lack the resouces to move to a high value-added path and which thus reflect low-skills issues particularly clearly …

Current UK skills policy is centred on the need to drive up qualifications obtainment and make the system more employer …-led with Sector Skills Councils (SSC) being given the role of articulating the 'voice' of employers. Through a study of … paper examines who does the recruitment and selection, what qualifications and skills are actually being recruited and how …

‘unskill-biased technological change’, providing relative reward to informal skills rather than to formal education. Further …

. Skills’training has been highlighted as a significant component of a strategy to improve the quality ofSouth African wine and … skills needed for the production ofquality wine. The focus of the study was on different kinds of producers, i.e. co …. Interviews were alsoconducted with prominent wine makers, skills trainers and facilitators and other industry experts.This was …