How competitive strategy matters? Understanding the drivers of training, learning and performance at the firm level

Working paper

This paper seeks to further our understanding of the links between training, learning and performance at the level of the firm. It starts with a critical examination of the conceptual underpinning of conventional approaches to this problem, approaches that dominate much of the academic and policy discourse. It argues that current attempts to understanding the drivers of training and the links between skills, management practices and performance, both rely on input/output models that have seri...

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Authors: Ashton, D; Sung, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
• Series: SKOPE Research Paper
• Place of publication: Oxford
• Publication date: 2006-05-01
• Paper number: 66
• Language: English
• Subjects: Education