Managing Vocational Training Systems

Managing Vocational Training Systems
Author: Vladimir Gasskov
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789221108672

Provides state-of-art materials relating to the management and organization of public vocational education and training (VET) systems and suggests a framework for developing the management competence of senior VET administrators encouraging them to review critically their administrative practices in order to move towards professional excellence. Covers management, organizational structure, target setting, planning, financing, and training administration.

HUD Strategic Plan

HUD Strategic Plan
Author: United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2003
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Strategic Management for the XXIst Century

Strategic Management for the XXIst Century
Author: Reza Vaghefi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1998-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781574442106

The market forces shaping business today are fundamentally changing the way we do business. To remain competitive, new management strategies must be developed and implemented. Corporate executives and managers everywhere need the latest management tools to help them revitalize their business and successfully position their organization for the future. No matter what type of business you are in, Strategic Management for the XXIst Century provides valuable insights to help you lead your organization by using the newest approaches for strategic planning. This essential resource not only explains the concept of strategic management, but also offers a step-by-step blueprint for creating a strategic planning system consisting of three components: strategic, administrative, and operational. An insightful and visionary reference, Strategic Management for the XXIst Century explains the logical relationships between a planning system and the structure within which they are executed. Also discussed are techniques of trend analysis, scanning projections, probability studies and "futures research"--the answer to bridging the gap between today's and tomorrow's markets.

Town and Country Planning in the UK

Town and Country Planning in the UK
Author: J. B. Cullingworth
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780415217743

This thirteenth edition has been completely revised to take into account all the changes that have occurred in British planning, including the policies introduced by the Labour government, devolution, innovations and the European Union.

Nuclear Energy Safety and International Cooperation

Nuclear Energy Safety and International Cooperation
Author: Spencer Barrett Meredith, III
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317700236

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once again after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, Fukushima had in place a solid containment structure to reduce the spread of radiation in the event of a worst-case scenario; Chernobyl did not. These two incidents highlight the importance of such safety measures, which were critically lacking in an entire class of Soviet-designed reactors. This book examines why five countries operating these dangerous reactors first signed international agreements to close them within a few years, then instead delayed for almost two decades. It looks at how political decision makers weighed the enormous short-term costs of closing those reactors against the long-term benefits of compliance, and how the political instability that dominated post-Communist transitions impacted their choices. The book questions the efficacy of Western governments’ efforts to convince their Eastern counterparts of the dangers they faced, and establishes a causal relationship between political stability and compliance behavior. This model will also enable more effective assistance policies in similar situations of political change where decision makers face considerable short-term costs to gain greater future rewards. This book provides a valuable resource for postgraduate students, academics and policy makers in the fields of nuclear safety, international agreements, and democratization.