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TY - BOOK
T1 - The Mismanagement of Talent
T2 - Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy
AU - Brown, Phillip
AU - Hesketh, Anthony
AU - Williams, Sarah
PY - 2011/10/3
Y1 - 2011/10/3
N2 - The challenge confronting governments around the world today is to enhance the employability of the workforce. Every effort must be made to expand access to higher education, disregard social circumstances, gender, and other such barriers to talent, and to harness human creativity and enterprise to meet the demands of the new economy. However, people who have attained higher education are having trouble finding jobs, with rising stakes for the winners and losers. This book examines what determines the outcome of this race when a degree loses its badge of distinction. It shows how some graduates are playing 'the game' to win a competitive advantage, and what really happens in the selection events of leading-edge employers. It also argues that talent is being mismanaged by employers that have yet to come to terms with the realities and possibilities of mass higher education.
AB - The challenge confronting governments around the world today is to enhance the employability of the workforce. Every effort must be made to expand access to higher education, disregard social circumstances, gender, and other such barriers to talent, and to harness human creativity and enterprise to meet the demands of the new economy. However, people who have attained higher education are having trouble finding jobs, with rising stakes for the winners and losers. This book examines what determines the outcome of this race when a degree loses its badge of distinction. It shows how some graduates are playing 'the game' to win a competitive advantage, and what really happens in the selection events of leading-edge employers. It also argues that talent is being mismanaged by employers that have yet to come to terms with the realities and possibilities of mass higher education.
KW - Employability
KW - Enterprise
KW - Graduates
KW - Higher education
KW - Human creativity
KW - Knowledge economy
KW - Management
KW - Workforce
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269532.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269532.001.0001
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84921288352
SN - 9780199269532
BT - The Mismanagement of Talent
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -