Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 22 Issue 7

The reflective (and competent) practitioner: a model of professional competence which seeks to harmonise the reflective practitioner and competence‐based approaches

Graham Cheetham, Geoff Chivers

In an earlier article, published in 1996, the authors described a provisional model of professional competence which attempted to harmonise the “reflective practitioner” paradigm…

Learning aspects of knowledge management and new technologies

Otto Petrovic, Norbert Kailer, Josef Scheff, Doug Vogel

Owing to shorter innovation cycles, increasing competitive pressure and the need for more flexibility in an uncertain business environment, we need more efficiency and…

Portability of qualifications: an answer to the qualificational demands of globalisation?

Wulf Heise

The article introduces the concept of the “portability of qualifications” as a framework for discussing the consequences of globalisation for labour markets and for the systems…

How US steel companies are addressing the skill shortages that they meet

Slimane Haddadj, Dominique Besson

The results show that firms in the same industry do not use the same approach in order to solve the skill shortage. Defining three approaches, most firms tend to be oriented…

Management training of professional engineers in New Zealand

Tom Batley

The need for management training for experienced professional engineers in New Zealand has been well recognised for a long time. Research with professional engineers in New…