Daniel Bishop

Small Firms and Universities

How Training Markets are Socially Constructed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the insights of economic sociology, 'Small
Firms and Universities: How Training Markets Are
Socially Constructed' offers a detailed account of
actor behaviour within the market for vocational
education and training. Against the background of
debates surrounding the central role of skills in
promoting success within the global economy, Daniel
Bishop questions the popular suggestion that
individuals and organisations will make rationally
(and asocially) calculated 'investments' in their
skills, education and training in order to further
their chances of success. Through a study of small
firms and universities, he presents an alternative
view of the training market: one where the
participants are embedded in a complicated web of
subjective orientations and social relations. The
discussion dissects and explores this embeddedness
and complexity, and offers a new way forward for
understanding the way in which markets for education
and training operate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9783639129687
• ISBN-10: 3639129687
• Artikelnr.: 26119912

Autorenporträt

Daniel Bishop is a Lecturer in Training and Development at the
Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester. He has
conducted and published research in areas connected to training,
development and workplace learning, with a particular interest in
learning processes within small businesses.