Industrial training issues in the Middle East

Autor(en)

Kevin E. Holm, Christine Strauss

Abstrakt

The paper presented addresses present-day concerns with training a local workforce in the Middle East using a language other than the trainees’ native tongue. Describes industrial training issues within an electronics company requiring a high degree of English with complex technical terminology. The training issues addressed in this contribution refer to the training of operating personnel whose mother tongue is Arabic. In the following, some basic concepts that maintain a high degree of specific skills to a workforce that is highly intelligent, but hampered by language is outlined. The evaluation of a pilot study shows that the application of English second language (ESL) courses via computer-based training (CBT) is an adequate means to improve the English language skills of a workforce efficiently. The listen-see-do approach is recommended as a universal technique that can be used to train most people in a skill regardless of their mother tongue.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Rechnungswesen, Innovation und Strategie

Externe Organisation(en)

Advanced Electronics Company Limited, Technische Universität Wien

Journal

Industrial and Commercial Training

Band

30

Seiten

242-245

Anzahl der Seiten

4

ISSN

0019-7858

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1108/00197859810242860

Publikationsdatum

12-1998

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

502052 Betriebswirtschaftslehre, 502026 Personalmanagement, 502028 Produktionswirtschaft

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Education, Business, Management and Accounting(all), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/industrial-training-issues-in-the-middle-east(c38d44b4-c5a7-4b82-833a-2aec474efbc1).html