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Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain (2005)
Book Chapter
Rainbird, H., Munro, A., & Senker, P. (2005). Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International Handbook of Educational Policy; Springer International Handbooks of Education (885-901). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3201-3_47

Recent policy debates have emphasised the significance of workplace learning to the vision of the ‘learning society’ and the ‘knowledge-based economy’. Whereas these terms trip relatively easily off the tongue, identifying what they mean in terms of... Read More about Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain.

Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. (2005)
Book Chapter
Stonehouse, G., & Pemberton, J. (2005). Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. In D. D. Carbonara (Ed.), Technology Literacy Applications in Learning Environments, 260-262. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-479-8.ch017

The importance of knowledge to an organization’s competitive performance is widely recognized. A knowledge-centric organization is one within which the creation and management of knowledge are at the heart of its strategic thinking, operations, and a... Read More about Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation..

Entrepreneurs as "Young Traders". (2005)
Book Chapter
Laing, S., & Nimmo, L. (2005). Entrepreneurs as "Young Traders". In M. Dowling, J. Schmude, & D. Z. Knyphausen-Aufsess (Eds.), Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research (1-26). Lit Verlag

The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica. (2005)
Book Chapter
Chambers, D. (2005). The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica. In D. Hall, I. Kirkpatrick, & M. Mitchell (Eds.), Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business, 180-200. Channel View Publications

This chapter presents the results of research conducted in three Maroon villages in Jamaica during the summer of 2003, which investigated the views and reactions of the Maroons towards (cultural) tourism development opportunities in their communities... Read More about The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica..