Marketing students' action research projects in small businesses demonstrated that small business sustainability is enhanced by increased understanding of marketing and business students' employment potential is enhanced by exposure to small businesses. Such projects also provide material for case studies on specific marketing problems. (SK)

Identifies three aspects of cross-cultural capability: sensitivity, cross-cultural business skills, and international management competence. Suggests a strategy to shift business students' perspective from ethnocentrism to ethnodiversity and prepare them for global work. (SK)

Includes 12 case studies of education and training in various settings and countries: AT&T, Microsoft, and IBM; Maytag; Vauxhall; St. John Ambulance; McDonald's; Bayer; Newcastle (England) City Council; corporate universities; European management program; distance learning at Leuven University (Belgium); learning organizations; and technology…

Surveys (n=6,000), interviews (n=600), and case studies (n=60) of organizational learning in British small businesses indicated that nearly all claimed to be learning organizations, but learning was largely incidental and sporadic and only a fraction of it was communicated to others. Few were using knowledge management strategically. (SK)

Presents a holographic perspective that illuminates relationships among learning, education, training, and development in organizations, indicating how each process emanates from interactions between individual, organizational, and societal learning. Suggests that government and organizational training and development practices should be better…

Describes development and marketing of a Welsh business school's diploma in entrepreneurial practice, an action learning-based program. Discusses problems encountered in dealing with the concept of business ambiguity, program flexibility, and measurement of outcomes. (SK)

A study of British business owners and employees who were trained in business applications of the Internet found it raised awareness of information/communication technologies. Connecting the training to National Vocational Qualifications proved unpopular. The need for business centers offering the training was clear and ways to improve the program…

Two approaches to training for small/medium-sized enterprises were compared: a British distance learning program and an Irish program offering face-to-face training for micro-enterprises. Both used constructivist, collaborative, and reflective methods. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach were identified. (SK)

A 4-year study of 50 young British adults aged 16-19 in further education found the following: (1) few made informed choices about courses and careers; (2) most experienced significant unpredictability and complexity in their learning careers; (3) economic and cultural capital played an important role; and (4) structured policy approaches…

The University of Luton embeds within the curriculum such employability skills as information retrieval, communication, problem solving, and social interaction. A detailed modular credit system is used to outline expectations for skill development at each level. The processes of teaching, learning, and assessment have substantially changed. (SK)

Interviews with 30 student apprentices, 12 vocational educators, and 15 employers indicated that (1) students were motivated by hands-on experiences and a head start on employment; (2) all groups felt the program developed social skills and work attitudes; and (3) teachers perceived problems not observed by students in school-to-work transitions…

Explains a process for identifying, locating, examining, and adapting instructional materials for training. Presents key considerations for evaluating, testing, and revising materials to ensure the attainment of learning objectives. (SK)

Interviews with nine undergraduate students who work part time identified positive effects of employment (transferable skills, enhanced employability) and negative ones, especially conflicts between work and school. The role of academic staff in helping students balance competing demands was highlighted. (SK)

A study of 300 employed college graduates in Hong Kong found that early-career workers use strategies to enhance promotability and improve their image with supervisors more than strategies to build external networks. They were less inclined to make long-term career plans because of the uncertain, rapidly changing environment. (SK)

Summative evaluation of a course on the social/demographic environment of business and public service (151 students) found that its vocational relevance needed improvement. The tutor-led, positivist quantitative approach of the evaluation will be refined to help students learn from the evaluation process and will incorporate nonpositivist…