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The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance

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dc.creator Grugulis, C. Irena
dc.date 2009-01-05T15:42:42Z
dc.date 2009-01-05T15:42:42Z
dc.date 2000
dc.identifier Grugulis, C.I. (2000) The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance. Journal of Vocational Education and Training Vol. 52, No. 1 pp. 79-99
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10454/1050
dc.description The Management NVQs were (according to their proponents) designed to provide a new mechanism for certifying workplace competence. Centred on descriptions of practice in the workplace they offered a qualifications route that could be accessed by all. This article draws on an in-depth study of the implementation of NVQs in three private sector organisations. It argues that, in practice, this competence-based format is highly problematic. Candidates are required to work towards criteria that may not match their roles and responsibilities, developmental work is systemically discouraged and work is routinised. The article concludes by arguing that these flaws are structural ones which may be expected to continue as long as NVQs continue to attempt to distil the essence of occupations into `standards¿.
dc.language en
dc.relation http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13636820.asp
dc.rights © 2000 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
dc.subject Management NVQs
dc.subject National Vocational Qualifications
dc.subject Workplace competence
dc.subject Workplace practice
dc.subject Management roles and responsibilities
dc.title The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance
dc.type Article


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