Educational Transfer as Transformation: A Case Study about the Emergence and Implementation of Dual Apprenticeship Structures in a German Automotive Transplant in the United States

Gessler, Michael

doi:10.1007/s12186-016-9161-8

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“…Given their case study design, the findings of Gessler (2017) and Aring (2014) are of limited general applicability, however. They are also based solely on multinational global players, which enjoy generous resources and often function as beacons and interesting case studies but are unlikely to be models for other companies, as Stockmann and Silvestrini (2012) note.…”

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“…Studies by Aring (2014), Gessler (2017), Li et al (2019), Pilz (2016b), Pilz and Li (2014) and Wiemann and Pilz (2020) take a similar approach, focusing on individual company stakeholders rather than the national level. These studies explore the extent to which German multinationals pursue dual training in their foreign subsidiaries and interpret the findings against the background of transferability to other countries of German TVET models.…”

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“…Path dependency can therefore be assumed (Thelen 2004) and conceptualised through the link with the German parent company, facilitating orientation to the German model. However, the influence of the local environment is also important (Gessler 2017;Pilz and Li 2014) and may be central in orienting training activities more to the local context.…”

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Does Dual Training Make the World Go Round? Training Models in German Companies in China, India and Mexico

Pilz

Wiemann

2020

Vocations and Learning

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The transfer of dual training from Germany to other countries is widely debated. However, there is little, if any, academic research in this area. The present study addresses this research deficit and examines the training activities of German companies in China, India and Mexico. Data was collected in 86 manufacturing companies of differing sizes and producing different goods. The evaluation of a total of 149 interviews with training experts showed that both the local training system and the German system can serve as a model for companies' training. Hybrid forms combining local and German elements also exist. Even within a company, different parallel types of training can be identified. However, the orientation to local training practice is the dominant model in all three countries.

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Does Dual Training Make the World Go Round? Training Models in German Companies in China, India and Mexico

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Wiemann

2020

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“…Although these two reform concepts are the results of successful initiatives made by vocational schools in cooperation with Chinese enterprises, these reform concepts cannot replace a system of dual VET (GESSLER, 2016;GESSLER & HOWE, 2013). see the problem as mainly that there is a distance that is too huge between vocational training and the job market, and they articulate the urgent need for the implementation of a systematic and well-structured vocational training programme, which would be executed with the cooperation of both sides: companies and vocational schools.…”

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Empresas alemanas en China; ¿Cómo solventan las empresas el problema de la formación a nivel de planta?

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Gessler

2017

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“…Collaboration on the meso-level is then a necessary activity for the implementation, reproduction and continuity of the system. Collaboration on the meso-level can stabilise a fragile system (Gessler, 2017b), but established robust structures on the macro-and exo-level do not produce immediate collaboration on the meso-level.…”

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The Lack of Collaboration Between Companies and Schools in the German Dual Apprenticeship System: Historical Background and Recent Data

Gessler

2017

IJRVET

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On the macro level (federal level) and exo level (state or regional level), the German Dual Apprenticeship System shows a high degree of institutionalised collaboration. However, the companies and vocational schools on the meso level (institutional level and level of the actors), in contrast, are just loosely coupled with a dominant partner (i.e., companies) and a subordinate partner (i.e., vocational schools). How and why these structures have emerged, established and stabilised is part of a complex historical, societal and economical process. The historical developmental will be elaborated in the article. The term ‘dual system’ was invented in Germany in the 1960s, and the intention was to emphasise equal responsibilities, partnership of equals, lively encounters and close collaboration between companies and schools. This vision is not yet a reality, as the presented empirical survey demonstrates. A majority of companies do not or rather seldom collaborate with ‘their’ vocational schools. 74.2% of the companies do not or seldom coordinate their work, and 93% of the companies do not or seldom cooperate with the vocational schools. The German Dual Apprenticeship System operates on the actual meso level just on the basis of less than 30% of its potentiality. The term ‘parallel systems’ seems to be more appropriate to characterise the actual situation on the meso level than the term ‘dual system’.

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Educational Transfer as Transformation: A Case Study about the Emergence and Implementation of Dual Apprenticeship Structures in a German Automotive Transplant in the United States

Cited by 60 publications

References 31 publications

Does Dual Training Make the World Go Round? Training Models in German Companies in China, India and Mexico

Does Dual Training Make the World Go Round? Training Models in German Companies in China, India and Mexico

Empresas alemanas en China; ¿Cómo solventan las empresas el problema de la formación a nivel de planta?

The Lack of Collaboration Between Companies and Schools in the German Dual Apprenticeship System: Historical Background and Recent Data

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