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The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance

Grugulis, C. Irena
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2000
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Management NVQs, National Vocational Qualifications, Workplace competence, Workplace practice, Management roles and responsibilities
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© 2000 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
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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¿.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10454/1050
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Grugulis CI (2000) The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance. Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 52(1): 79-99.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820000200108
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