ASTHON, David <br/><br/>
Symposium on comparative public training policy 

 -  2000 
<br/><br/> This article builds on earlier attempts to develop a conceptual framework for the comparative analysis of training and skill formation systems. Following a critical review of previous approaches, the article identifies the main underlying relationships which shape national systems of skill formation. We identify  four such 'models' of the skill formation process. These models show how such a framework can help us  understand why societies have different approaches to the provision  of educaiton, training  and skill formation and why there  are  significant differences in government policies towards training as they at tempt to respond to the challenges of globalisation