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Evaluating Entrepreneurship Education Programmes in Developing Countries: Lessons from Experience
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Braun, Gerald – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Although a great deal of time, resources and effort goes into the education of potential or existing entrepreneurs, our knowledge of the effects of this education is still rather limited. It can be argued that an imbalance exists between the substantial amount of finance and manpower invested in entrepreneurship education programmes and the very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Developing Nations, Program Evaluation
Evaluation of Formal Training Programmes in Greek Organisations
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Diamantidis, Anastasios D.; Chatzoglou, Prodromos D. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to highlight the training factors that mostly affect trainees' perception of learning and training usefulness. Design/methodology/approach: A new research model is proposed exploring the relationships between a trainer's performance, training programme components, outcomes of the learning process and training…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Structural Equation Models, Program Evaluation, Performance Factors
Pathway to Prosperity
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Hilliard, Thomas – Center for an Urban Future, 2011
Even before the Great Recession prompted policymakers to take a closer look at public programs designed to help unemployed Americans re-enter the workforce it had long been clear that federal, state and local government workforce development programs have not always effectively prepared low-income individuals to obtain decent-paying jobs. Job…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Job Training, Educational Change, Local Government
Continuing Vocational Training in Local Government in Portugal, 2000-05--What Has Changed?
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Cabrito, Belmiro Gil; Simao, Ana Margarida Veiga; Alves, Mariana Gaio; Almeida, Antonio – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2009
Local government in Portugal had a good opportunity to modernise through the Programa de Formacao para as Autarquias Locais (Foral) [Training programme for local authorities], implemented between 2000 and 2005. Substantial financial resources were made available through the programme to retrain local government human resources in order to improve…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Human Resources
An Easy Way to Effectively Evaluate Program Results.
Coffman, Linn – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Describes a method to elicit data about the results of a personnel training program so that quality improvements can be made by having trainees' supervisors evaluate the training impact on the job. Also describes cases in different organizations where this approach was used to determine program weaknesses and strengths. (MF)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Inplant Programs
Objectives, Inputs, and Outputs: A Planning Model for CETA Training Programs.
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Coffin, Donald A. – Evaluation Review, 1983
A planning model to improve performance in generating positive terminations of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants is described. Sponsors can improve performance by selecting participants with particular characteristics and altering types of services. This approach is useful for any social services which result in…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Job Placement, Job Skills, Local Government