Japanese vocational training under the microscope

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Title:	Japanese vocational training under the microscope
Source:	Management Development Review, Vol. 10 Iss: 6
pp:	228 - 230
Keywords:	Business education, Central government, Japan, Vocational training
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/EUM0000000004436 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Workers need to be able to adjust quickly to rapid changes in the international and domestic economic environment. Creativity, problem-solving and communication skills are increasingly at a premium. Vocational-training systems established in a gentler era need to be brought up to date to cope with today’s intensive competition. While such concerns underpin the debate taking place in almost all Western countries, these are also issues at the center of the debate surrounding vocational training in Japan. Describes the current structures and possible reforms.