ERIC Number: EJ753703
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
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Enhancing Enterprise Expenditure on VET: Policy Goals and Mechanisms
Billett, Stephen; Smith, Andrew
Journal of Vocational Education and Training, v57 n1 p5-23 Mar 2005
Increasing enterprises' expenditure on their employees' vocational education and training (VET) is of concern for governments in many countries. This article identifies and discusses policy goals for increased enterprise expenditure on VET and elaborates options for achieving these goals. Throughout, measures that attempt to mandate and regulate enterprises' responses are contrasted with those attempting to address and change the sentiments--beliefs about and values--of decision makers within enterprises about the worth of skill development. Given that decisions about expenditure will largely be made within enterprises, ultimately the governmental goals for enhanced expenditure may only be met through the development of a sentiment within enterprises that favours this expenditure. Therefore, policy planning and enactment might be best directed to that purpose.
Descriptors: Skill Development, Expenditures, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy, Job Training, Labor Force Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; France; Germany
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