TABLE OF CONTENTS







; Introduction: Perspectives on Competence Development: Views and Tensions; Theme 1 Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Industry and Vocational Education; Ch. 1 Understanding the Basis for Competence Development; Ch. 2 Perceptions of Vocational Education and Competence: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice
Ch. 2 Perceptions of Vocational Education and Competence: Implications for Research, Policy and PracticeTheme 2 Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Schools and Colleges
; Ch. 4 The Changing Context of Business Education: Competency Requirements for the New Paradigm; Ch. 5 An Alternative Model of Competency-Based Assessment
Ch. 5 An Alternative Model of Competency-Based AssessmentTheme 3 Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Small Business and Companies
; Ch. 7 Workplace Trainers in Action: Their Role in Building a Training/Learning Culture; Ch. 8 Learning in Small Business Enterprises
Ch. 8 Learning in Small Business EnterprisesTheme 4 Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Health and Global Contexts
; Ch. 10 Empowerment through Reflection: Competence for the New Millennium or A Case of the Emperor's New Clothes; Ch. 11 Nursing Work and Nurses at Work; Ch. 12 Demands for Intercultural Communicative Competence in
Ch. 12 Demands for Intercultural Communicative Competence inConclusion: Competence in the Workplace: A Synthesis of Issues for Reflection and Action
Subject Index