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Work-Integrated Learning in Closing Skills Gap in Public Procurement: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study

Culver, Allen Lea
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0828-3749
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1638964166970778

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2021, Doctorate of Business Administration, Franklin University, Business Administration.
The United States economy currently suffers a significant skills gap in its workforce, one that approaches crisis proportions. This skills gap (Christo-Baker et al., 2017; King et al., 2017; Laboissiere & Mourshed, 2017) will have profound effects on future U.S. economic growth and, by extension, on global economic growth. Researchers have highlighted the ineffective workforce development programs adopted by business organizations in the United States and recommended incorporating work-integrated learning (WIL) to address the skills gap, but their focus has been overwhelmingly on production/service-execution. This study focuses elsewhere – namely, exploring the effectiveness of a Transformational WIL (TWIL) to address procedural gaps in business development (i.e., pre-execution) through the lived experiences of senior executives and the issues they perceive as mandating a transformational application of WIL to address this “upstream” segment of business operations specifically for the small-business sector. The research employs a conceptual framework based on the work-integrated learning model developed by Sattler (2011). Three research questions guide this proposed study. This researcher used a qualitative phenomenological research design method. The research participants included fifteen senior executives from for-profit business organizations and higher education institutions that meet the recruiting criteria. The organization of workforce-development constructs here involved systematic training, structured work experience, and institutional partnerships. This research advances business knowledge and contributes scholarship to the field by re-targeting WIL on a business segment previously unaddressed by systematic workforce development. This research also results in highly practical practices and business strategies designed to immediately boost the procedural capabilities of small business in OH, benefiting that state’s graduates, employees, employers, and the local communities and economies.
Andy Igonor (Committee Chair)
Jonathan McCombs (Committee Member)
Christopher Washington (Committee Member)
160 p.
Adult Education; Business Administration; Business Community; Business Costs; Business Education; Community College Education; Community Colleges; Continuing Education; Curricula; Curriculum Development; Education; Education Philosophy; Education Policy; Educational Evaluation; Educational Leadership; Educational Sociology; Educational Theory; Entrepreneurship; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Instructional Design; Labor Economics; Labor Relations; Management; Multicultural Education; Multilingual Education; Organization Theory; Organizational Behavior; Secondary Education; Teaching
work-integrated learning, procedural gaps, skills crisis, skills gaps, proposal management, indefinite duration indefinite quantity (IDIQ), workforce development, transformative work-integrated learning (TWIL)

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  • Culver, A. L. (2021). Work-Integrated Learning in Closing Skills Gap in Public Procurement: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study [Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1638964166970778

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Culver, Allen. Work-Integrated Learning in Closing Skills Gap in Public Procurement: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study. 2021. Franklin University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1638964166970778.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Culver, Allen. "Work-Integrated Learning in Closing Skills Gap in Public Procurement: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study." Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1638964166970778

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