Critically analyse and discuss the issues and challenges of the hospitality, manufacturing or tourism industry have had to grapple with to effectively respond to the impacts of global and/or national developments in workplace education and training. Discuss the degree to which the responses made by your chosen industry reflect ‘best practice’.In your answer indicate how your philosophical approach, and/or that of the chosen industry sector, may have influenced this response; and identify the advantages and disadvantages for any organisation to achieve ‘best practice’ in workplace education and training.Describe the education and training programs in your workplace and/or industry.Review recent changes which have occurred to the design and delivery of education and training activities and programs in your workplace and/or industry.Discuss the links between these changes and some of the national and international developments discussed in this Unit.Identify some of the issues or problems which have had to be faced by your workplace and/or industry, particularly in meeting the changing requirements of the national VET system (eg introducing CBT, or developing training packages, or accessing qualified trainers or training providers, best practice policies).Reflect on the degree to which these responses could be considered best practice (NB: you may also want to provide a definition of what you consider ‘best practice’ to be).Draw out your own conclusions regarding the costs and benefits of recent changes in workplace education and training for your own practice, and the issues you expect to face in the future.
