Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • ABOUT THIS BOOK
  • TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER
  • THREE STEPS IN EDUCATION
  • EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
  • A CALL TO SERVE IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING
  • SWITCH FROM ACADEMIA TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING
  • MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  • Part I: Th e Early Beginnings
  • Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives
  • VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
  • BEGINNINGS OF VTE PRIOR TO 1960
  • BUILD-UP IN THE 1960s
  • FORMALISATION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM IN THE 1970s
  • ""LATEST PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT: 1980s AND BEYOND""""Chapter 2 Dynamics and Challenges""; ""SYSTEM DYNAMICS""; ""POLITICAL""; ""EDUCATION""; ""ECONOMY""; ""UNIQUE CHALLENGES""; ""AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: VTE IN FOUR COUNTRIES""; ""PERSONAL INSIGHTS""; ""Chapter 3 Aligning Education with Economic Development""; ""PHASES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VTE STRATEGIES""; ""LABOUR-INTENSIVE ECONOMY (1960sâ€?1970s)""; ""CAPITAL-INTENSIVE ECONOMY (1980sâ€?1990s)""; ""KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ECONOMY (2000s)""; ""Chapter 4 Vocational Training under the former VITB""; ""THE VITB: 1979â€?1992""
  • ""THE KEY CHALLENGES (1981â€?1985)""""THE FIRST CHALLENGE â€? VERIFYING VITBâ€?S EXPANSION PLAN""; ""THE SECOND CHALLENGE â€? DEVELOPING AN ATTRACTIVE SYSTEM""; ""THE THIRD CHALLENGE â€? ENHANCING SYSTEM RESPONSIVENESS""; ""CONTINUING CHALLENGES (1986â€?1992)""; ""THE VITB IN 1990""; ""Full-Time Institution-Based Model""; ""Integral Part of Education and Training System""; ""Comprehensive and Integrated CET System""; ""BEST, WISE and MOST""; ""Industry-Based Training""; ""Public Trade Test System""; ""Part II: Journey of Transformation""; ""Chapter 5 Move towards Organisational Excellence""
  • ""NATIONAL INTEREST IN PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""""AN EDUCATORâ€?S INTEREST IN PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""; ""A DEFINITION OF PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT""; ""PRODUCTIVITY STEERING COMMITTEE""; ""THE WITS MOVEMENT""; ""ADOPTING THE PEOPLE-CENTRED MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY""; ""EVOLUTION IN FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE""; ""MILESTONES IN ACHIEVING ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE""; ""“ITE CAREâ€? CULTURE""; ""WINNING THE SINGAPORE QUALITY AWARD""; ""Chapter 6 Th e Th ree Waves of Transformation""; ""A MILESTONE SHIFT IN EDUCATION POLICY""; ""NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES""
  • ""THE WAVES OF TRANSFORMATION""""FIRST WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION (1995â€?1999)""; ""SECOND WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION (2000â€?2004)""; ""THIRD WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION (2005â€?2009)""; ""WHATâ€?S IN THE FUTURE?""; ""Chapter 7 Strategic Planning Makes a Diff erence""; ""HOW DID IT ALL START?""; ""MY “TWO-PAGEâ€? NOTE""; ""STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ITE â€? AN EVOLUTION""; ""ITE STRATEGIC PLANNING â€? A HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK""; ""AN ILLUSTRATION â€? THE “ITE ADVANTAGEâ€? PLAN (2005â€?2009)""; ""SHORT-TERM (ANNUAL) PLANNING PROCESS""; ""STRATEGIC REVIEW WORKSHOPS AND CORPORATE WORK PLAN SEMINARS""