Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2015 |
Outros Autores: | , , , , , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7275 |
Resumo: | Agro-food companies are aware that the technical and soft skills of their employees directly in uence business performance and, consequently, improving those skills will enhance the e ectiveness and e - ciency of their companies. This paper presents the main results of the AgriTraining project \Training requirements for the agro-food industry". Activities in pursuit of the objectives of this project involved: (1) analysis of the training needs in the agro-food industry in Portugal; (2) analysis of the training provision and the training organizations; (3) analysis of market trends; (4) de nition of a training strategy; and (5) adjustment and development of training strategies for the agro-food sector. This last activity comprised the development of training curricula, suitable for the food sector as a whole and adjusted for the speci c needs of some traditional industries, in order to promote the development and competitiveness of the agro-food industry in Portugal. Such training curricula aimed to promote the uptake of innovative technologies and methodologies, increase the ability of agro-food industries to invest and take risks, and enable adoption of European Community standards for production and marketing. Gaps in training supply were identi ed and the training provision was updated according to the needs of the agro-food companies. It was determined that companies need and demand knowledge and innovation to increase their competitive position for internationalization purposes. It was possible to de ne a training strategy based on market-orientation for agro-food di erentiation. |
id |
RCAP_07628acef03eb4d4be849e4e29570488 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/7275 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in PortugalAgro-food industrySkillsTraining needsTraining provisionTraining strategiesAgro-food companies are aware that the technical and soft skills of their employees directly in uence business performance and, consequently, improving those skills will enhance the e ectiveness and e - ciency of their companies. This paper presents the main results of the AgriTraining project \Training requirements for the agro-food industry". Activities in pursuit of the objectives of this project involved: (1) analysis of the training needs in the agro-food industry in Portugal; (2) analysis of the training provision and the training organizations; (3) analysis of market trends; (4) de nition of a training strategy; and (5) adjustment and development of training strategies for the agro-food sector. This last activity comprised the development of training curricula, suitable for the food sector as a whole and adjusted for the speci c needs of some traditional industries, in order to promote the development and competitiveness of the agro-food industry in Portugal. Such training curricula aimed to promote the uptake of innovative technologies and methodologies, increase the ability of agro-food industries to invest and take risks, and enable adoption of European Community standards for production and marketing. Gaps in training supply were identi ed and the training provision was updated according to the needs of the agro-food companies. It was determined that companies need and demand knowledge and innovation to increase their competitive position for internationalization purposes. It was possible to de ne a training strategy based on market-orientation for agro-food di erentiation.uBibliorumGaspar, Pedro DinisPinheiro, RitaDomingues, CláudiaAlmeida, CelestinoPaiva, TeresaPereira, Carlos D.Velho, Manuela Vaz2019-10-18T09:02:50Z20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7275eng2182-105410.7455/ijfs/4.1.2015.a2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:46:30Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/7275Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:47:49.696044Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
title |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
spellingShingle |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal Gaspar, Pedro Dinis Agro-food industry Skills Training needs Training provision Training strategies |
title_short |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
title_full |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
title_fullStr |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
title_full_unstemmed |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
title_sort |
Training requirements for agro-food industry in Portugal |
author |
Gaspar, Pedro Dinis |
author_facet |
Gaspar, Pedro Dinis Pinheiro, Rita Domingues, Cláudia Almeida, Celestino Paiva, Teresa Pereira, Carlos D. Velho, Manuela Vaz |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Pinheiro, Rita Domingues, Cláudia Almeida, Celestino Paiva, Teresa Pereira, Carlos D. Velho, Manuela Vaz |
author2_role |
author author author author author author |
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv |
uBibliorum |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Gaspar, Pedro Dinis Pinheiro, Rita Domingues, Cláudia Almeida, Celestino Paiva, Teresa Pereira, Carlos D. Velho, Manuela Vaz |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Agro-food industry Skills Training needs Training provision Training strategies |
topic |
Agro-food industry Skills Training needs Training provision Training strategies |
description |
Agro-food companies are aware that the technical and soft skills of their employees directly in uence business performance and, consequently, improving those skills will enhance the e ectiveness and e - ciency of their companies. This paper presents the main results of the AgriTraining project \Training requirements for the agro-food industry". Activities in pursuit of the objectives of this project involved: (1) analysis of the training needs in the agro-food industry in Portugal; (2) analysis of the training provision and the training organizations; (3) analysis of market trends; (4) de nition of a training strategy; and (5) adjustment and development of training strategies for the agro-food sector. This last activity comprised the development of training curricula, suitable for the food sector as a whole and adjusted for the speci c needs of some traditional industries, in order to promote the development and competitiveness of the agro-food industry in Portugal. Such training curricula aimed to promote the uptake of innovative technologies and methodologies, increase the ability of agro-food industries to invest and take risks, and enable adoption of European Community standards for production and marketing. Gaps in training supply were identi ed and the training provision was updated according to the needs of the agro-food companies. It was determined that companies need and demand knowledge and innovation to increase their competitive position for internationalization purposes. It was possible to de ne a training strategy based on market-orientation for agro-food di erentiation. |
publishDate |
2015 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2015 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2019-10-18T09:02:50Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7275 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7275 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
2182-1054 10.7455/ijfs/4.1.2015.a2 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799136373408530432 |