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| Issue |
Developing
competences in types of organisations |
| Outline |
A
study in the UK has revealed that the needs and opportunities of developing
competences are closely related to the type of work organisation. While
companies pursuing work-intensive/ Taylorist strategies tend to promote
non-transferable skills, companies favouring multi-skilling/ anthropocentric
strategies provide a context for encouraging cognitive skills, job enrichment
and increased commitment. |
| Debate |
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The typology
of organisations is useful for understanding the context of competence
development. It would be an illusion, for instance, to consider team work
taken on its own as a great chance of developing competences.
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The transfer
of employees between different types of organisations will pose problems
for individual competence development.
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| Source |
Summary
of debate related to the presentation by Jonathan Winterton on 'the role
of work organisation in developing competence at work: a study of four
work places in the UK'. |
| Event |
CEDEFOP/
INOFOR: Sintra June 00 |
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