TY  - JOUR
AB  - National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) have been introduced and developed within a competency framework by successive UK governments. Potential benefits are listed as improved skills, less skills shortages and more appropriate job‐employee fit. However, there has been considerable and sustained criticism of NVQs from employers, employees and academics. Criticisms include excessive bureaucracy, overly complex terminology and a lack of credibility of the competence concept. This case‐based study examines the implementation of NVQs in an organisation based on 60 semi‐structured interviews with those involved. The findings reveal that NVQ is seen as a training regime within the organisation and that there are no clear links to improved business performance or employee morale. Moreover, there were contextual problems in applying the standard.
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
SN  - 0040-0912
DO  - 10.1108/00400910410531796
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910410531796
AU  - McAdam Rodney
AU  - Crowe Julie
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Assessing the business and employee benefits resulting from the implementation of NVQs
T2  - Education + Training
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 138
EP  - 152
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -