Professor Johnny Sung is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Adult Learning and a visiting professor for the Institute of Education at University College London.  David Ashton is an Emeritus Professor in Management  at Leicester University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He has also taught at the University of Reading in the UK, the University of Alberta (Canada) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA).

Makes a much needed contribution to the complex debate of how skills can best be utilised to enhance company performance, with particular emphasis on an innovative sectoral approach. It is a model of clarity in its presentation of the authors’ conceptual models using a historical narrative as well as comparative case studies in both the UK and Singapore.

• IntroductionThe Challenges Facing Skills Policy in the 21st CenturyThe Long Wait is Over: Linking Business Strategy to SkillsTechnical Relations and Skill LevelsInterpersonal Relations and Skill UtilisationSkills, Performance and ChangeA Sectoral Approach to Skills Development and Public Skills PolicyConclusion

Professor Johnny Sung is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Adult Learning and a visiting professor for the Institute of Education at University College London.  David Ashton is an Emeritus Professor in Management  at Leicester University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He has also taught at the University of Reading in the UK, the University of Alberta (Canada) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA).

Makes a much needed contribution to the complex debate of how skills can best be utilised to enhance company performance, with particular emphasis on an innovative sectoral approach. It is a model of clarity in its presentation of the authors’ conceptual models using a historical narrative as well as comparative case studies in both the UK and Singapore.

• IntroductionThe Challenges Facing Skills Policy in the 21st CenturyThe Long Wait is Over: Linking Business Strategy to SkillsTechnical Relations and Skill LevelsInterpersonal Relations and Skill UtilisationSkills, Performance and ChangeA Sectoral Approach to Skills Development and Public Skills PolicyConclusion

Professor Johnny Sung is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Adult Learning and a visiting professor for the Institute of Education at University College London.  David Ashton is an Emeritus Professor in Management  at Leicester University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He has also taught at the University of Reading in the UK, the University of Alberta (Canada) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA).

Makes a much needed contribution to the complex debate of how skills can best be utilised to enhance company performance, with particular emphasis on an innovative sectoral approach. It is a model of clarity in its presentation of the authors’ conceptual models using a historical narrative as well as comparative case studies in both the UK and Singapore.

• IntroductionThe Challenges Facing Skills Policy in the 21st CenturyThe Long Wait is Over: Linking Business Strategy to SkillsTechnical Relations and Skill LevelsInterpersonal Relations and Skill UtilisationSkills, Performance and ChangeA Sectoral Approach to Skills Development and Public Skills PolicyConclusion