IntroductionOlder carers or ‘care partners’ of older people experiencing care needs often provide... more IntroductionOlder carers or ‘care partners’ of older people experiencing care needs often provide essential support, at times while neglecting their own health and well‐being. This is an increasingly frequent scenario due to both demographic changes and policy shifts towards ageing in place. Multiple community stakeholders within the care and support ecosystem hold valuable expertise about the needs of older care partners, and the programme and policy responses that may better support their health and well‐being. The aim of this study was to identify the perspectives of stakeholders obtained through the codesign phase of a multicomponent research project investigating new models of care and support for older care partners suitable for the Australian context.MethodsPrinciples of codesign were used to engage a purposeful sample of older care partners, health professionals, researchers, policy makers and health service administrators. Participants took part in a series of three codesig...
The Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a n... more For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a number of reforms as a consequence of National Competition Policy, but more specifically due to the introduction of the National Training Framework (NTF). While market advocates extol the gains these changes have made to efficiency and effectiveness in VET, critics have pointed to actual and potential damage to traditional VET clients and providers. This paper reviews these developments and reports on research among four Western Australian registered training organisations (RTOs) - two public and two private - and explores managers’ and teachers’ views of the market, competition and ‘reform’ in their organisations. Our results suggest that competitors in the new marketised, corporatised VET sector cannot be distinguished in terms of a public-private divide. Orientation to education as product rather than service characterises those who feel they are travelling well in the current climate....
This research is currently exploring competition and outsourcing policy and practices within the ... more This research is currently exploring competition and outsourcing policy and practices within the vocational education and training (VET) sector nationally and the extent to which this is operating in Western Australia (WA). A review of literature examining the impact of competition ...
Western Australia's minerals and energy industry is a very significant, broadly spread indus... more Western Australia's minerals and energy industry is a very significant, broadly spread industry that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, often in isolated regions. The industry makes a significant investment in management development and is constantly looking for ...
Abstract: For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subj... more Abstract: For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a number of reforms as a consequence of National Competition Policy, but more specifically due to the introduction of the National Training Framework (NTF). While ...
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia... more National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia (Cat no. 663: $19.25 Australian). Tel: 08 8333 8400; Fax: 08 8331 9211; e-mail: vet req@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au. For full text: http:// ...
Three recent studies of workplace-based frontline management development have mapped some signifi... more Three recent studies of workplace-based frontline management development have mapped some significant changes in how the relations, practices and beliefs about manager learning are being re-positioned to placing people first. In tension, within a discourse of enterprise, these workplace practices are extending manager identity, building manager networks and establishing learning agendas. However, the fluid structure of the management development technology also enables the traditional consumption of elite representation of managing. This paper accumulates some findings of the three related studies to present a broad modelling of what appears to be a high leverage technology that can build enterprise capability. What is most evident is that the complexity of workplace based learning re-positions people development managers at the heart of culture change
Management development in Australia has been repositioned by the increase in frontline management... more Management development in Australia has been repositioned by the increase in frontline management programmes that have now involved 100 000 managers as participants and mentors. This paper discusses research into frontline management development in the Western Australian minerals and energy industry and indicates outcomes for managers, organisations, and business. The paper addresses the paradox of constructing learner driven programmes within an atmosphere of regulatory imperatives and illuminates how managers can extend their managing selves within a system that mandates the achievement of defined management qualifications. The research supports emerging theory that the complexity of workplace learning generates new patterns, relations and spaces of learning, scaffolded by new network learning partnerships, where the brokerage role of external agencies is a critical component
IntroductionOlder carers or ‘care partners’ of older people experiencing care needs often provide... more IntroductionOlder carers or ‘care partners’ of older people experiencing care needs often provide essential support, at times while neglecting their own health and well‐being. This is an increasingly frequent scenario due to both demographic changes and policy shifts towards ageing in place. Multiple community stakeholders within the care and support ecosystem hold valuable expertise about the needs of older care partners, and the programme and policy responses that may better support their health and well‐being. The aim of this study was to identify the perspectives of stakeholders obtained through the codesign phase of a multicomponent research project investigating new models of care and support for older care partners suitable for the Australian context.MethodsPrinciples of codesign were used to engage a purposeful sample of older care partners, health professionals, researchers, policy makers and health service administrators. Participants took part in a series of three codesig...
The Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a n... more For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a number of reforms as a consequence of National Competition Policy, but more specifically due to the introduction of the National Training Framework (NTF). While market advocates extol the gains these changes have made to efficiency and effectiveness in VET, critics have pointed to actual and potential damage to traditional VET clients and providers. This paper reviews these developments and reports on research among four Western Australian registered training organisations (RTOs) - two public and two private - and explores managers’ and teachers’ views of the market, competition and ‘reform’ in their organisations. Our results suggest that competitors in the new marketised, corporatised VET sector cannot be distinguished in terms of a public-private divide. Orientation to education as product rather than service characterises those who feel they are travelling well in the current climate....
This research is currently exploring competition and outsourcing policy and practices within the ... more This research is currently exploring competition and outsourcing policy and practices within the vocational education and training (VET) sector nationally and the extent to which this is operating in Western Australia (WA). A review of literature examining the impact of competition ...
Western Australia's minerals and energy industry is a very significant, broadly spread indus... more Western Australia's minerals and energy industry is a very significant, broadly spread industry that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, often in isolated regions. The industry makes a significant investment in management development and is constantly looking for ...
Abstract: For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subj... more Abstract: For more than a decade the vocational education and training (VET) sector has been subject to a number of reforms as a consequence of National Competition Policy, but more specifically due to the introduction of the National Training Framework (NTF). While ...
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia... more National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia (Cat no. 663: $19.25 Australian). Tel: 08 8333 8400; Fax: 08 8331 9211; e-mail: vet req@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au. For full text: http:// ...
Three recent studies of workplace-based frontline management development have mapped some signifi... more Three recent studies of workplace-based frontline management development have mapped some significant changes in how the relations, practices and beliefs about manager learning are being re-positioned to placing people first. In tension, within a discourse of enterprise, these workplace practices are extending manager identity, building manager networks and establishing learning agendas. However, the fluid structure of the management development technology also enables the traditional consumption of elite representation of managing. This paper accumulates some findings of the three related studies to present a broad modelling of what appears to be a high leverage technology that can build enterprise capability. What is most evident is that the complexity of workplace based learning re-positions people development managers at the heart of culture change
Management development in Australia has been repositioned by the increase in frontline management... more Management development in Australia has been repositioned by the increase in frontline management programmes that have now involved 100 000 managers as participants and mentors. This paper discusses research into frontline management development in the Western Australian minerals and energy industry and indicates outcomes for managers, organisations, and business. The paper addresses the paradox of constructing learner driven programmes within an atmosphere of regulatory imperatives and illuminates how managers can extend their managing selves within a system that mandates the achievement of defined management qualifications. The research supports emerging theory that the complexity of workplace learning generates new patterns, relations and spaces of learning, scaffolded by new network learning partnerships, where the brokerage role of external agencies is a critical component
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