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Quality, qualifications and the attribution of value in work based learning

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Quality Management and Qualification Needs 2
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This paper will use the general aims of the QM&QN project under the Leonardo Programme as its starting point. The project specification identified the question of whether or not new forms of working and associated qualification needs have arisen from the development of integrated quality management systems in two manufacturing sectors. The two sectors used for the international comparison were the metal working industry and the food-processing industries.

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Machell, J., Saunders, M. (2000). Quality, qualifications and the attribution of value in work based learning. In: Köper, J., Zaremba, H.J. (eds) Quality Management and Qualification Needs 2. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57644-7_11

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