Skills and Economic Performance
Edited by Sam Porter and Prof. Mike Campbell
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Sam Porter
SECTION 1: COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE NEED FOR SKILLS
CHAPTER 1.1: Building prosperity: a skills agenda for the UK
Mike Campbell
CHAPTER 1.2: International comparisons of changes in qualification levels
Hilary Steedman
CHAPTER 1.3: Towards a high-skilled, low-waged economy? A review of global trends in education, employment and the labour market
Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, David Ashton and Gerbrand Tholen
SECTION 2: THE VALUE OF SKILLS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 2.1: The business benefits of skills
Laurie J Bassi and Daniel P McMurrer
CHAPTER 2.2: The value and pitfalls of informal learning
Lorna Unwin, Alan Felstead, Alison Fuller, David Ashton, Dan Bishop,Tracey Lee and Nick Jewson
CHAPTER 2.3: Using returns to education to understand sector skill needs
Anna Vignoles and Nattavudh Powdthavee
SECTION 3: HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORKING:THE UTILISATION OF SKILLS
CHAPTER 3.1: Raising productivity: from skills to high-performance working
John Philpott
CHAPTER 3.2: High-performance working: HRM and performance
David Guest
CHAPTER 3.3: Skills and job quality
Francis Green
SECTION 4: MANAGEMENT, STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE
Chapter 4.1: Management capability and company performance
John G Burgoyne
Chapter 4.2: Management skills, strategy and performance
Derek L Bosworth
Chapter 4.3:An international comparison of management development
Chris Mabey
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE POLICIES:THE SECTOR AND REGIONAL IMPACT
Chapter 5.1: Sectors matter
Nick Jagger
Chapter 5.2: Lessons from contrasting sectoral approaches to skills training
Johnny Sung
Chapter 5.2: Regional skills and productivity
Andy Dickerson
CONCLUSION
Sam Porter