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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vocational education -- Singapore.
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Vocational education. |
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Singapore. |
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Technical education -- Singapore.
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Technical education. |
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- Singapore.
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Education -- Aims and objectives. |
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Education -- Economic aspects -- Singapore.
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Education -- Economic aspects. |
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Singapore -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Law, Song Seng. Breakthrough in vocational and technical education 9789814616416 (DLC) 2014028096 (OCoLC)894183480 |
| ISBN |
9789814616423 electronic book |
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9814616427 electronic book |
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9789814616416 |
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9814616419 |
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