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Evaluating the contribution of competency‐based training: an enterprise perspective
Author(s) -
Mulcahy Dianne,
James Pauline
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2419.00105
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , vocational education , psychology , perspective (graphical) , training (meteorology) , process (computing) , relation (database) , key (lock) , applied psychology , medical education , knowledge management , computer science , pedagogy , medicine , political science , artificial intelligence , physics , computer security , database , meteorology , law , operating system
The article reports the findings of a national evaluation study conducted in 1998 of the contribution of competency‐based training (CBT) to outcomes in vocational education and training in Australia. The study found that CBT has made significant contributions to employers, its main benefit being that learning can be achieved on‐the‐job. Thus the key advantage for enterprises is relevant training where relevance means ‘specific skills for specific jobs’. The conclusion is drawn that three key issues in relation to the practice of competency training in Australia need to be addressed: (i) recognition of the role of the expert practitioner in augmenting, and thus improving, CBT; (ii) recognition of the limitations of CBT with regard to the provision of knowledgeable skill; and (iii) recognition of the importance of defining learning in terms of outcomes and process.