Abstract
We explore how the competence edge that tertiary education used to provide, may be getting blunt and challenged by self-study and practice-based training. Online educational resources (OERs) provide easy access to training material for those who know how to find and use it. Combined with settings in which to apply the skills and knowledge thus acquired, OERs can appear as an attractive alternative even to those who have the alternative of attending prestige university programs. Relying on interviews and discussions with young people on the traditional university path, those on the alternative path, and with people of different ages with a university degree, we assess the viability of a major shift in favour of the alternative path, and management implications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 27th ANZAM Conference 2013 |
| Subtitle of host publication | managing on the edge |
| Editors | Martin Grimmer, Rob Hecker |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| Publisher | Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780987596819 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (27th : 2013) - Hobart, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2013 → 6 Dec 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (27th : 2013) |
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| City | Hobart, Australia |
| Period | 4/12/13 → 6/12/13 |
Keywords
- organisational and/or personal learning
- thinking outside the square
- flexibility
- instability
- innovation in managing people
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Westelius, A., & Lundmark, E. (2013). Education and competence - an edge in transition? In M. Grimmer, & R. Hecker (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th ANZAM Conference 2013: managing on the edge (pp. 1-14). Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.