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Globalising Skills: Implications for Singapore Edited by Johnny Sung

1 January 2012

by Phillip Brown, Andy Dickerson, David Finegold, High Lauder, Rob Wilson, Wu Wei Neng

Book cover of Globalising Skills: Implications for Singapore Edited by Johnny Sung

Publisher: Civil Service College and Institute for Adult Learning
ISBN: 978-981-07-3696-5
Publication year: 2012

Comprising selected papers from a series of roundtable discussions and public lectures, the book sheds light on the fundamental and rapid changes that education, training and labour markets worldwide are undergoing, and some of the most important challenges for contemporary workforce development in Singapore.

Contents

  • Foreword
    Kwek Mean Luck

  • Foreword
    Gog Soon Joo

  • Introduction
    Johnny Sung

  • Human Capital, Productivity and Inclusive Growth: Joining the Dots and Strengthening the Linkages
    Wu Wei Neng

  • How Should Singapore Respond to the Global Auction for High Skills?
    Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder

  • Disruption in the Global Higher Education Marketplace: Key Trends, New Entrants and Implications for Singapore
    David Finegold

  • Developing Occupational Skills Profiles for Singapore: A Methological Proposal
    Andy Dickerson and Rob Wilson

  • Conclusion
    Johnny Sung and Wu Wei Neng

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