Table of contents - Special Issue: Contemporary issues in vocational education and training: an SME
Guest Editors: Harry Matlay
Embedding new entrepreneurship programmes in UK higher education institutions: Challenges and considerations
A.J. Smith, L.A. Collins, P.D. HannonThe purpose of this paper is to develop the understanding of the challenges and considerations of how new and innovative entrepreneurship education programmes may be inculcated…
Improving performance in very small firms through effective assessment and feedback
Steven J. Lorenzet, Ronald G. Cook, Cynthia OzekiThe purpose of this paper is to improve assessment and feedback processes in the training practices of very small firms, thereby improving the firms' human capital.
An inter‐industry comparison of VET in Australian SMEs: Inter‐industry comparison
Janice JonesThe purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the extent and nature of Vocational Education and Training (VET) vis‐à‐vis other forms of training in three size categories of…
Graduate entrepreneurship education in the United Kingdom
Julie McKeown, Cindy Millman, Srikanth Reddy Sursani, Kelly Smith, Lynn M. MartinThe purpose of this paper is to review the progress made by UK higher education institutions (HEIs) to deliver the enterprise education agenda. The key areas for research included…
Small business learning through mentoring: evaluating a project
Rowena BarrettPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a small business‐mentoring project, which was delivered in regional Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This paper contains…
Delimiting knowledge transfer from training
Allan Butler, Phil Le Grice, Matt ReedThe purpose of this paper is to deepen the understanding of how and to whom knowledge is transferred from training to practice.
Performance of distance learning students in a small business management course
Bernice Kotey, Phil AndersonThe purpose of the paper is to compare the performance of distance‐learning students in a Small Business Management (SBM) course with that of internal (on‐campus) students, and to…
Just what are tomorrow's SME employees looking for?
Leslie T. SzamosiThe paper seeks to determine what tomorrow's employees (i.e. graduates) are seeking from SMEs in terms of organizational satisfaction and value characteristics.
Managers' perceptions of management development needs in manufacturing SMEs
Dilani Jayawarna, Allan Macpherson, Alison WilsonIn this paper empirical research is presented that investigates managers' perceptions of a variety of component management skills and techniques. The aim is to identify which…
Organizational learning and performance: Understanding Indian scenario in present global context
Aradhana Khandekar, Anuradha SharmaThe purpose of this paper is to show that the role of organizational learning is increasingly becoming crucial for organizational performance. Based on the study of three Indian…
Tourism skills delivery: sharing tourism knowledge online
Patrice Braun, Mary HollickThe purpose of this paper is to share the authors' initial insights into tourism industry capacity building via flexibly delivered online skilling and knowledge sharing.
Researching entrepreneurship and education: Part 2: what is entrepreneurship education and does it matter?
Harry MatlayThis paper is the second in a series of conceptual, contextual and empirical contributions that, individually and cumulatively, seek to analyse, develop and link two important…
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