ISBN-13: 9783639129687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 424 str.
Drawing on the insights of economic sociology, 'Small Firms and Universities: How Training Markets Are Socially Constructed' offers a detailed account of actor behaviour within the market for vocational education and training. Against the background of debates surrounding the central role of skills in promoting success within the global economy, Daniel Bishop questions the popular suggestion that individuals and organisations will make rationally (and asocially) calculated 'investments' in their skills, education and training in order to further their chances of success. Through a study of small firms and universities, he presents an alternative view of the training market: one where the participants are embedded in a complicated web of subjective orientations and social relations. The discussion dissects and explores this embeddedness and complexity, and offers a new way forward for understanding the way in which markets for education and training operate.
Drawing on the insights of economic sociology, SmallFirms and Universities: How Training Markets AreSocially Constructed offers a detailed account ofactor behaviour within the market for vocationaleducation and training. Against the background ofdebates surrounding the central role of skills inpromoting success within the global economy, DanielBishop questions the popular suggestion thatindividuals and organisations will make rationally(and asocially) calculated investments in theirskills, education and training in order to furthertheir chances of success. Through a study of smallfirms and universities, he presents an alternativeview of the training market: one where theparticipants are embedded in a complicated web ofsubjective orientations and social relations. Thediscussion dissects and explores this embeddednessand complexity, and offers a new way forward forunderstanding the way in which markets for educationand training operate.