A breakthrough in vocational and technical education : the Singapore story / Song Seng Law.

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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 (1960s�1970s)""; ""CAPITAL-INTENSIVE ECONOMY (1980s�1990s)""; ""KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ECONOMY (2000s)""; ""Chapter 4 Vocational Training under the former VITB""; ""THE VITB: 1979�1992""

""THE KEY CHALLENGES (1981�1985)""""THE FIRST CHALLENGE � VERIFYING VITB�S EXPANSION PLAN""; ""THE SECOND CHALLENGE � DEVELOPING AN ATTRACTIVE SYSTEM""; ""THE THIRD CHALLENGE � ENHANCING SYSTEM RESPONSIVENESS""; ""CONTINUING CHALLENGES (1986�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 EDUCATOR�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 CARE� 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 (1995�1999)""; ""SECOND WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION (2000�2004)""; ""THIRD WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION (2005�2009)""; ""WHAT�S IN THE FUTURE?""; ""Chapter 7 Strategic Planning Makes a Diff erence""; ""HOW DID IT ALL START?""; ""MY “TWO-PAGE� NOTE""; ""STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ITE � AN EVOLUTION""; ""ITE STRATEGIC PLANNING � A HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK""; ""AN ILLUSTRATION � THE “ITE ADVANTAGE� PLAN (2005�2009)""; ""SHORT-TERM (ANNUAL) PLANNING PROCESS""; ""STRATEGIC REVIEW WORKSHOPS AND CORPORATE WORK PLAN SEMINARS""

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