The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Systems Dynamics ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Training

Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment and management. Equally policy makers and managers throughout the world often cling to skill, believing that better development of them is the answer to a seemingly expanding range of practical and policy challenges. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organisations and nations? How are the supply and - more importantly - the utilisation of skill - current evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such these. It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education and geography. The book’s 32 Chapters are organised around seven sections: I: Concepts and Definitions of SkillII: Skill FormationIII: Skill UtilisationIV: Skill OutcomesV: Differing skill systems – Levels of determinationVI: Differing skill systems – Dynamics at different stages of developmentVII: Current Challenges The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature, and future, of work, employment and management. It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today. While written primarily by leading scholars in the field it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future.

The future of dentistry

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Nairn Wilson ◽  
Mark Woolford
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Training

The challenge this paper seeks to address is to look beyond the immediate and medium-term issues facing dental education and training in the next 10 years1 and to scope anticipated trends and changes to be considered in longer term strategic planning for dental workforce development. Despite its limitations (and flaws), future scoping is important, especially when considering investment in infrastructure and succession-planning, which involves programmes of training and development extending over many years. Of course, the further into the future one goes, the greater the risk of unforeseen developments and events that can adversely affect the predictions; the vision articulated in this paper must therefore be interpreted with caution. Welcome to the world of tomorrow…

Law Librarianship and Legal Information Provision in the 21st Century

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn this analysis of the future of our profession, Barbara Tearle starts by looking at the past to see how much the world of legal information has evolved and changed. She considers the nature of the profession today and then identifies key factors which she believes will be of importance in the future, including the impact of globalisation; the potential changes to the legal profession; technology; developments in legal education; increasing commercialisation and changes to the law itself.

Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications in Agriculture With the Future of Smart Agriculture Techniques

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Harshit Bhardwaj ◽  
Pradeep Tomar ◽  
Aditi Sakalle ◽  
Uttam Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Entire Society ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Growing Conditions

Agriculture is the oldest and most dynamic occupation throughout the world. Since the population of world is always increasing and land is becoming rare, there evolves an urgent need for the entire society to think inventive and to find new affective solutions to farm, using less land to produce extra crops and growing the productivity and yield of those farmed acres. Agriculture is now turning to artificial intelligence (AI) technology worldwide to help yield healthier crops, track soil, manage pests, growing conditions, coordinate farmers' data, help with the workload, and advance a wide range of agricultural tasks across the entire food supply chain.

Vision for the future on urolithiasis: research, management, education and training—some personal views

Urolithiasis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 401-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rodgers ◽  
◽  
A. Trinchieri ◽  
M. H. Ather ◽  
N. Buchholz
Keyword(s):  
Management Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Research Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals Prediction of COVID-19 Pandemic of Top Ten Countries in the World Establishing a Hybrid AARNN LTM Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmabati Gahan ◽  
Monalisha Pattnaik ◽  
Agnibrata Nayak ◽  
Monee Kieran Roul
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Warning System ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Corporate Leaders ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Scientific Experts ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Out Of Sample

AbstractThe novel COVID-19 global pandemic has become a public health emergency of international concern affecting 215 countries and territories around the globe. As of 28 November 2020, it has caused a pandemic outbreak with a total of more than 6,171,5119 confirmed infections and more than 1,44,4235 confirmed deaths reported worldwide. The main focus of this paper is to generate LTM real-time out of sample forecasts of the future COVID-19 confirmed and death cases respectively for the top ten profoundly affected countries including for the world. To solve this problem we introduced a novel hybrid approach AARNN model based on ARIMA and ARNN forecasting model that can generate LTM (fifty days ahead) out of sample forecasts of the number of daily confirmed and death COVID-19 cases for the ten countries namely USA, India, Brazil, Russia, France, Spain, UK, Italy, Argentina, Colombia and also for the world respectively. The predictions of the future outbreak for different countries will be useful for the effective allocation of health care resources and will act as early-warning system for health warriors, corporate leaders, economists, government/public-policy makers, and scientific experts.

scholarly journals Assessing the future prospects for cryptocurrencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Hatice Karahan
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
Monetary Authorities ◽  
The Future

Cryptocurrencies are attracting considerable attention around the world because of the various advantages that they offer. On the other hand, they also carry some inherent risks. Although monetary authorities broadly agree that cryptocurrencies do not engender an immediate threat to national and global financial systems, the future is full of unknowns. In this regard, drawing a framework based on the current drivers of demand for cryptocurrencies would help visualize the prospects for these assets and create a roadmap to avoid or manage any disruptive risks. This discussion paper aims to contribute to the literature by examining the key factors that will determine the future performance of cryptocurrencies. The main conclusion derived from the discussion is that national regulations will potentially affect the direction of cryptocurrencies, as well as the need for any special efforts in the domain of monetary policy

scholarly journals TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MODERN WORLD

2018 ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
Dmytro Lakishyk
Keyword(s):  
Modern World ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Political Management ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Global World ◽  
World Development ◽  
Theoretical Standpoint

The article studies modern problems of the development of democracy. The reasons for rejection of Euro-American democratic principles in the world and future scenarios for the development ofdemocracy in the context of world development are analyzed. The prospects for global democratization are greatly complicated by the current transformation of the structure of international relations and the asymmetry of its processes in various regions of the world. It is revealed that from the theoretical standpoint different “scenarios of the future of democracy” are possible: fundamentally new phases of the democratic process in some regions and its stagnation in others; interweaving and mutual enrichment of its various vectors. The key factors that will in the future determine the stability and spread of democracy are economic development and political management. The trends and prospects of the future of Ukrainian democracy in the global world are also examined.

Factors for Global Diffusion of the Internet

2011 ◽  
pp. 1522-1526
Author(s):  
Ravi Nath ◽  
Vasudeva N.R. Murthy
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Overwhelming Evidence ◽  
Internet Diffusion ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Diffusion Rates ◽  
The Uk

There is overwhelming evidence that the use of the Internetenabled applications and solutions provide unprecedented economic growth opportunities. However, the Internet diffusion rates remain low in many countries. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in 2004, less than 3% of the Africans used the Internet, whereas the average Internet subscription rate for G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the US) is about 50%. Also, in nearly 30 countries the Internet penetration rates still remain below 1% (ITU, 2006). So, what are the key factors that explain this wide variation in Internet subscription rates in countries around the world? An understanding of these factors will be highly useful for policy makers, economic developmental agencies and political leaders in establishing and implementing suitable national developmental strategies and policies.

The Workforce of the Future: Implications for Industrial Relations, Education and Training

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell D. Lansbury
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
High Standard ◽  
First Century ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
And Training

This paper examines new forms of work organisation which may emerge in the coming decade, as the distinction between white and blue collar work fades and occupational status is defined more in terms of skills and knowledge. Demarcation barriers between skilled and unskilled work, trades and professions will become less relevant as multiskilling and inter-changeability of personnel becomes a requirement in most organisations. The proportion of self employed in the workforce will also increase and most people will work on contracts rather than be guaranteed long-term employment with one organisation. Few people will pursue the same occupation throughout their working lives. Retraining will become a constant requirement to ensure that skills remain relevant. While the latest technologies will continue to be used in order to maintain a high standard of living, there will be pressures on industry and governments to retain some labour intensive forms of work in order to contain levels of unemployment. Three possible scenarios are presented for the future of work in the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Impact of basic risks, sanctions and adverse market conditions on the coal industry development in Russia over the period to 2040. Part II: Impact of risks and sanctions on the coal industry, and efficiency of the industry advancement scenarios in the post-crisis period

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Plakitkin ◽  
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L. S. Plakitkina ◽  
K. I. Dyachenko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
Risk Scenarios ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

The external and internal challenges discussed in Part I of this article in Gornyi Zhurnal Issue 10, 2020, which are risk-critical for the coal industry of Russia, became a framework for the assessment of the impact exerted on the industry by sanctions and adverse conjuncture, as well as for the performance evaluation of the industry advancement scenarios. The maximum impact on the coal industry in Russia is exerted by risks connected with the coal market slump in the world. Furthermore, in recent years, coal demand suffers from depression due to some economical and technological development conditions in the world economy. The ecological pressure on the coal industry is also dynamized. Alongside with risks connected with the adverse conjuncture on the international and domestic markets, including risks of the limited market access, the increasingly higher importance is attached to the risks connected with sanctions imposed on the Russian economy. At the present time, the future of the coal industry in Russia is greatly uncertain. The governmental policy documents introduce a wide range of advancement routes for the coal industry with regard to potential risks. To find more accurate output margins in coal production, prediction and assessment of risk impact on the coal industry is required. The calculation of the risk impact on the coal industry using ERI/RAS model Riskugol shows that sanctions have never exerted any influence on the volumes of coal production and export in Russia. However, accretion of sanctions can appreciably reduce potentialities of the future advancement in the coal industry. The coal industry advancement scenarios are developed and used to assess the industry performance over the period to 2040. Despite higher efficiency of risk scenarios, they also feature higher social risks. Innovativity of the risk scenarios, which drastically improves labor efficiency in the industry, results in layoff and reduction of employees. To counterpoise social risks in the industry over the whole prediction period (even with regard to retirement rate), it is required to create 35–40 thousands of new jobs. This study has been partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of R&D Project No. 18-010-00467 Development of Economic Indicators and Production Data for the Coal Industry Development in Russia up to 2035 with the Changing Vector of Global Technological Innovation due to Implementation of Industry 4.0 Program.

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