Essays about: "on-the-job training"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words on-the-job training.
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1. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE
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2. To Work or not to Work : An empirical study that focuses on the effects of the largest employment programme of local unemployed workers in Växjö, Sweden.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : Employment programmes, or on-the-job training programmes, are designed to increase the likelihood of unemployed workers receiving work opportunities by providing actual work experience. Whether the unemployed workers lack human resources, obtained a degree in a foreign country or simply need a boost towards obtaining a new job, these programmes give workers the opportunity to execute tasks at organised firms and therefore strengthen their connection to the labour market. READ MORE
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3. Engineers and Managerial Training in Germany
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : The master thesis presented deals with the question of whether superiors in the engineering field in Germany should undergo managerial training to be better-suited managers than superiors without such training. This thesis looks into this question through a survey of a homogenous group of engineering professionals working in Germany. READ MORE
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4. Between possibilities and challenges : Nurses’ experiences of caring for persons with mental health problems in Kurdistan, Iraq – a qualitative study
University essay from Röda Korsets HögskolaAbstract : Background: Mental health issues are a growing global problem and there is a big gap between the need for mental health care and the financial resources allocated to this health care sector. Nurses work closely to patients and play an important role in alleviating suffering and in the recovery of the patient. READ MORE
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5. Measuring Human Capital: a Survey Study
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This is a survey study about the concept of human capital and has to be considered as a collection of opinions, ideas and models. The concept of human capital can be defined, despite the difficulties, as the stock of skills and knowledge, gained through education and experience. READ MORE
