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Cribb, Alan; Gewirtz, Sharon – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
The shift towards greater user involvement in welfare provision is typically couched by its advocates as being ethically straightforward and as an unalloyed good, because it represents a transformation of users from a role of passivity and dependence on the paternalism of professionals to more active, empowered and respected autonomous persons.…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Values, Self Concept, Welfare Services
Cornelius, Dave – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
It is like trying to fit a triangular peg into a round hole while both the hole and the peg continually change shape and size. Sound a little crazy? That is just what industry thinks about the current global "one-size-fits-all" concept of education. The perception from business, government and education leaders of 50 nations at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attitudes, Occupational Mobility, Migration
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Wynn, Martin; Turner, Phillip; Abas, Hanida; Shen, Rui – Industry and Higher Education, 2009
Information systems strategy is an increasingly important component of overall business strategy in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The need for readily available and consistent management information, drawn from integrated systems based on sound and upgradeable technologies, has led many senior company managers to review the business…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Software Evaluation