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100 1  Law, Song Seng.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n2014067810 
245 12 A breakthrough in vocational and technical education :
       |bthe Singapore story /|cSong Seng Law. 
264  1 New Jersey :|bWorld Scientific,|c2014. 
300    1 online resource 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
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347    text file|2rdaft 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""About the Author""; 
       ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""ABOUT THIS 
       BOOK""; ""TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER""; ""THREE STEPS IN 
       EDUCATION""; ""EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""A CALL
       TO SERVE IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING""; ""SWITCH FROM ACADEMIA 
       TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING""; ""MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS""; ""Part
       I: Th e Early Beginnings""; ""Chapter 1 Historical 
       Perspectives""; ""VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION""; 
       ""BEGINNINGS OF VTE PRIOR TO 1960""; ""BUILD-UP IN THE 
       1960s""; ""FORMALISATION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM IN 
       THE 1970s"" 
505 8  ""LATEST PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT: 1980s AND 
       BEYOND""""Chapter 2 Dynamics and Challenges""; ""SYSTEM 
       DYNAMICS""; ""POLITICAL""; ""EDUCATION""; ""ECONOMY""; 
       ""UNIQUE CHALLENGES""; ""AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: VTE
       IN FOUR COUNTRIES""; ""PERSONAL INSIGHTS""; ""Chapter 3 
       Aligning Education with Economic Development""; ""PHASES 
       OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VTE STRATEGIES""; ""LABOUR-
       INTENSIVE ECONOMY (1960s�1970s)""; ""CAPITAL-INTENSIVE 
       ECONOMY (1980s�1990s)""; ""KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ECONOMY 
       (2000s)""; ""Chapter 4 Vocational Training under the 
       former VITB""; ""THE VITB: 1979�1992"" 
505 8  ""THE KEY CHALLENGES (1981�1985)""""THE FIRST CHALLENGE 
       � VERIFYING VITB�S EXPANSION PLAN""; ""THE SECOND 
       CHALLENGE � DEVELOPING AN ATTRACTIVE SYSTEM""; ""THE 
       THIRD CHALLENGE � ENHANCING SYSTEM RESPONSIVENESS""; 
       ""CONTINUING CHALLENGES (1986�1992)""; ""THE VITB IN 
       1990""; ""Full-Time Institution-Based Model""; ""Integral 
       Part of Education and Training System""; ""Comprehensive 
       and Integrated CET System""; ""BEST, WISE and MOST""; 
       ""Industry-Based Training""; ""Public Trade Test System"";
       ""Part II: Journey of Transformation""; ""Chapter 5 Move 
       towards Organisational Excellence"" 
505 8  ""NATIONAL INTEREST IN PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""""AN 
       EDUCATOR�S INTEREST IN PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""; ""A 
       DEFINITION OF PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""; ""PRODUCTIVITY 
       STEERING COMMITTEE""; ""THE WITS MOVEMENT""; ""ADOPTING 
       THE PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY""; ""EVOLUTION IN
       FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE""; ""MILESTONES IN
       ACHIEVING ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE""; ""“ITE CARE� 
       CULTURE""; ""WINNING THE SINGAPORE QUALITY AWARD""; 
       ""Chapter 6 Th e Th ree Waves of Transformation""; ""A 
       MILESTONE SHIFT IN EDUCATION POLICY""; ""NEW CHALLENGES 
       AND OPPORTUNITIES"" 
505 8  ""THE WAVES OF TRANSFORMATION""""FIRST WAVE OF 
       TRANSFORMATION (1995�1999)""; ""SECOND WAVE OF 
       TRANSFORMATION (2000�2004)""; ""THIRD WAVE OF 
       TRANSFORMATION (2005�2009)""; ""WHAT�S IN THE 
       FUTURE?""; ""Chapter 7 Strategic Planning Makes a Diff 
       erence""; ""HOW DID IT ALL START?""; ""MY “TWO-PAGE� 
       NOTE""; ""STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ITE � AN EVOLUTION""; 
       ""ITE STRATEGIC PLANNING � A HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK""; ""AN 
       ILLUSTRATION � THE “ITE ADVANTAGE� PLAN 
       (2005�2009)""; ""SHORT-TERM (ANNUAL) PLANNING PROCESS"";
       ""STRATEGIC REVIEW WORKSHOPS AND CORPORATE WORK PLAN 
       SEMINARS"" 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
650  0 Vocational education|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85144178|zSingapore.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n79059023-781 
650  0 Technical education|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85133121|zSingapore.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n79059023-781 
650  0 Education|xAims and objectives|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85040992|zSingapore.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059023-781 
650  0 Education|xEconomic aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85041004|zSingapore.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059023-781 
650  7 Vocational education.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1168486 
650  7 Technical education.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1144838 
650  7 Education|xAims and objectives.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/902507 
650  7 Education|xEconomic aspects.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/902610 
650  7 Economic conditions.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1919582 
651  0 Singapore|xEconomic conditions.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2008116975 
651  7 Singapore.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205288 
655  0 Electronic books. 
655  4 Electronic books. 
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