Principles for developing competency-based education programs

A workforce’s success depends on various factors

A workforce’s success is dependent on a variety of factors that make it easier for employees to meet the overall goals and objectives. In most circumstances, the active participation of all stakeholders is required to ensure that success is accomplished in both the companies’ immediate and long-term aims. In today’s culture, the concept of success has been interpreted differently by organizations and businesses, resulting in a distinct perspective on the subject. In the paper, Jennifer Sandlin is thus able to discuss the aspect and, specifically, the influence of work educational programs. “It’s All Up to You”: How Welfare-to-Work Educational Programs Construct Workforce Success. The article focuses on key issues affecting the concept, hence, allowing for the adoption of measures which will help in their rectification. However, there are also various scenarios where it fails to address and capture the overall concept.

Organization and presentation of the article

The article is well organized and presented with a logical flow of ideas. This is in line with clear statement of the purpose and overall goal. However, it lacked a clear explanation of the hypothesis which plays a role in the understanding of the issues being raised. It is imperative that a research takes up a hypothesis which will guide the areas to focus, in order to dispute or agree with the aspect. There is also no literature review to help provide secondary information on the research to assist in its authentication and validity within the required parameters. Nevertheless, there is a clear explanation of the focus groups and the research methods to be used on the participants.

Appropriate methodology for research

The research, additionally, has appropriate methodology which is used in the collection, analysis and presentation of the information. This is an important factor in the research as it determines the quality of information collected and the overall impact it has on the study as a whole (Petracchi 2). Thus, it is imperative that there is adoption of a relevant method which will help facilitate the process as well as providing platforms on which future research programs can be conducted to further the topic (Johnstone & Louis 5). The research, in this case, fails to properly implement the approach and methodology through failing to provide an appropriate link between the two variables acting as the subjects. This would have been proper as it would play a big role in the guarantee of the effective measures to be adopted. The researchers should not be vague in the provision of such a link, especially, in the bid to lay down frameworks for the future exploration of the issue.

Developing findings and documenting them

The article is keen to develop its findings to allow for the collection of the best possible results and findings in the particular case. It uses appropriate techniques to identify and contact the participants for possible information collection. This helps in the creation of a form of trust between them which ensures that they exercise honesty when giving out the information. As a result, one is able to substantiate the report. The author is also able to document the findings adequately using the best possible methods of to communicate. She also highlights the impact of myths in the description of success, a situation that has rocked the recent concepts of the issue. The author also goes ahead to question the interests being served in these adult education programs, thus, providing a basis for the arguments and presentations.

Conclusion and future research

The author also succeeds in the conclusion part to ensure a logical flow from the findings. She suggests ways to move beyond critique, as well, and to begin creating alternate discourses that move the responsibility for economic success outside. The conclusion is seen to act in good faith with the research question with regard to the role of education programs when trying to realize the success of an organization. The factor contributes to the significance of the research to a smaller extent through development of doubts on the need for such programs. the author manages to make the audience rethink the whole concept of the adult education programs in the organization and whether they should be encouraged or not. Thus, it allows for further research which helps contribute to the improvement of educational practice. However, it fails to acknowledge the assumptions and limitations which make it difficult for one to ascertain its authenticity.

Comprehensive argument for adult programs

The article, therefore, shows a comprehensive argument to warrant the case for the adult programs and their part in the workplace success of the employees. The author has achieved the overall purpose of the research through highlighting the key basis for the research. However, it fails on some of the key factors which make it difficult to authenticate the research as well as in the laying of platforms to be used in the future of the program. This will assist in the further development of the issue and in the overall description of the issues faced as a program in the future.

Works Cited

Johnstone, Sally M., and Louis Soares. “Principles for developing competency-based education programs.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 46.2 (2014): 12-19.

Petracchi, Helen E., et al. “Service Learning in Baccalaureate Social Work Education: Results of a National Survey of Accredited Programs.” Journal of Social Work Education 52.3 (2016): 325-336.