Maintaining a Competitive Workforce: Employee-Based Training in the Canadian Economy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Hum, Derek

ISBN 10: 0886451604 / ISBN 13: 9780886451608

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996

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Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maintaining a Competitive Workforce: Employee-Based Training in the Canadian Economy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0886451604
• ISBN 13: 9780886451608
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Just how important is employer-based training to Canada's competitive position globally? How do we rank among other industrialized nations? On what basis should we calculate the returns to education and training, and how should the calculations be used in the development of government policy? Canada has a delivery system of education that permits its citizens to acquire some of the best skills on earth. But have we become too complacent? Should we begin to recognize that employer-based training rather than traditional education is appropriate? The reader will appreciate that this is far from an academic debate. There are likely to be federally initiated changes to the public funding of higher education during the next few years, and this will have implications for the education and training right across the country. This monograph will be required reading for anyone interested in Canada's competitive position, the state of Canadian education and the readiness of Canadian workers for the economy of tomorrow.