Beyond Skill: Institutions, Organisations and Human Capability

✍ Scribed by Jane Bryson

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 247
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Labor market, work and economic development policy visions in many developed countries have been dominated in recent years by a fixation on skills. However, skill and skill development alone is not enough to harmonize societies, transform economies, galvanize organizations, and fulfil individuals.  This book discusses the impact of government policy, other institutional arrangements, organizational practices, collective and individual behavior, on things of importance to many of us: work, employment, pay, work environments, learning, participation and voice. It is a unique volume of insights from leading researchers and research centers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
List of Figures and Tables......Page 14
1 Beyond Skill – An Introduction......Page 16
Part I Institutional Influences and
Workplace Effects......Page 24
2 Exploring Social Arrangements
for Developing Human
Capability......Page 26
3 The Political Economy of Work
and Skill in Australia: Insights
From Recent Applied Research......Page 47
4 The Future of Low Paid Work in
Europe and the US......Page 73
5 New Ways of Working: Changing
Labour Markets in 21 st Century
New Zealand......Page 94
Part II Organisational Influences and
Individual Effects......Page 118
6 Recent Research on Workplace
Learning and its Implications for
National Skills Policies Across the
OECD......Page 120
7 High-Performance Work Systems
and Employee Well-being in New
Zealand......Page 142
8 Developing the Next Generation:
Employer-Led Channels for
Education Employment Linkages......Page 169
9 Unions, Workers and Developing
Human Capability: A Social
Psychological Perspective......Page 191
Part III Concluding on Capability......Page 212
10 A Framework for Developing
Human Capability at Work......Page 214
Index......Page 242