LLL2010 Project Report 2 - Subproject 4: The qualification-supporting company – The Significance of Formal Adult Education in Small and Medium Organisations

Comparative report prepared by Austrian team member Günter Hefler on the role of SME's in promoting adult participation in lifelong learning. Formal adult education, leading to qualifications recognised within a country’s ladder of educational achievement– forming a comprehensive, analytical entity, orienting all efforts – rarely becomes the core subject of research, not to mention in a cross-national, comparative way. Few studies examine the relationship between ‘formal adult education’ and the employer organisation. Our study of ‘formal adult education’ intersects on different levels with a broad variety of other research subjects.

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