Workforce Development Perspectives and Issues
This book captures the essence of current workforce development perspectives and draws on extensive global research to uncover a range of issues confronting organisations. Taking primarily an Australian outlook after the global financial crisis and tracin
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Roger Harris • Tom Short Editors
Workforce Development Perspectives and Issues
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Editors Roger Harris Education, Equity and Work Research Group, University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Australia
Tom Short Education, Equity and Work Research Group, University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Australia
ISBN 978-981-4560-57-3 ISBN 978-981-4560-58-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-4560-58-0 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013953575 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
The completion of this book has been made possible through the support of many people. Firstly, we would like to acknowledge and thank the executive team at the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Rail Innovation (CRC); in particular the chief executive officer, David George; the research director, Dr. Chris Gourlay; the business manager, Suzanne Campbell; and the adoption and commercialisation manager, Kellie Dyer. These executives, along with the editors and 22 of the contributing authors, have participated in a major research program conducted in the Australian rail industry between 2007 and 2014. This major research initiative was made possible through funding
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