IBSA has focused on research projects to support the development of new qualifications, tools and support resources across its industry sectors. Within each sector, the Reports and Publications draw together the research undertaken by IBSA, highlighting first the sector industry environment scans which set the direction for future workforce training and development needs, followed by the sector-specific research reports. Further information about current training package projects can be found here and more general innovation projects, reports and activities can be found here.
Education and Training
Education and Training Industry Environment Scan 2011
Pathways for VET Teachers
Improving LLN skills for the VET workforce
Pathways for the Development of LLN Expertise
Developing Innovation Skills – A guide for trainers and assessors. A guide to assist trainers to embed innovation skills development into their training methodology.
Higher Level Qualifications: Towards a New Future - Key issues in developing higher level VET qualifications and a proposed articulation framework within the tertiary sector
Information and Communications Technology
Information and Communications Technology and Telecommunications Industries Environment Scan - 2011
Impact of the Digital Economy and the National Broadband Network on Skills
Telecommunications: the impact of the National Broadband Network on vocational education and training and future skill requirements
Investigating Digital Literacy Skills - a scoping study into digital literacy foundation skills and the cybercitizen and e-employee in the 21st century
Report into the Information and Communications Technology Training Package - The report incorporates recommendations and a project action plan for the development of a revised Information and Communications Technology Training Package.
The Digital Games Development (Game Art, Animation and Programming) report’s recommendations will be incorporated into the development of the Information and Communications Technology Training Package.
Hanging out - Messing about - Geeking out: How young people engage with technology - This is an investigative Research Report into making ICT-related Training Packages more flexible and relevant to young people
Financial Services
Financial Services Industry Environment Scan 2011
Training in the Finance sector - The research report focuses on the insurance and financial planning sectors and provides a better understanding of training outside publicly-funded financial services training, particularly that undertaken by or on behalf of key financial services industry associations and professional associations.
Printing and Graphic Arts
Printing and Graphic Arts Industry Environment Scan 2011
Professional Development Kit help trainers, assessors, employers and industry professionals - The kit explains the contents of the Printing and Graphic ArtsTraining Package and the opportunities it offers for successful learning experiences and excellent industry outcomes.
Cultural and Creative Industries
Cultural and Creative Industries Environment Scan 2011
The Casual Music Workforce Report - The research report considers the size, characteristics and economic contribution of the casual, informally contracted musicians workforce with a focus on the workforce development and training needs of practising musicians and technicians involved in the production of popular live music.
Cultural and Creative Industries: Key Economic Metrics
Business Services: Management, Leadership and Innovation
Business Services industry sector Environment Scan 2011
Leadership and productivity reports:
Enterprise Innovation publications linked with the IBSA 2009 Enterprise Innovation Summit for leaders of industry, education and government.
Leading your business to Innovation: A brochure where highly successful small and medium business owners share their start up experiences, plus value add guides and advice
Fostering Enterprise Innovation: Exploring Further the Leadership of Innovation: Drawing together the key outcomes of the Summit, examining the role of leadership, management and culture in building innovation and productivity.
Enterprise Innovation: Looking forward: Key ideas and outputs from the Summit.
Enterprise Innovation: Paper prepared by the Society for Knowledge Economics for the IBSA Enterprise Innovation Summit.
Innovation Inside: Implementing an innovation culture within enterprises: Learning from the experiences of leading international innovation economies.
Lean Skills in the Office: The report covers Lean Skills across all the IBSA Training Packages. Lean has been successfully implemented in manufacturing industries for the last 25 years, but only recently have organisations begun using Lean office as a business operating philosophy and key productivity factor, to streamline and eliminate waste from administrative processes, improve quality and achieve bottom line savings.
Project Management Competency Review: Mapping exercise between the Business Services Training Package the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) standards.
Small and Micro Business engagement: A strategy for engaging small and micro business and a guide for training organisations that offer learning opportunities for small and micro businesses.
IBSA’s Workforce innovation capability Survey Tool Report ; The IBSA Workforce Innovation Survey Tool: Paper Based Workforce innovation capability survey tool report and tool.
Other Innovation publications
Cross Industry
No More Excuses - An industry response to the language, literacy and numeracy challenge
What It Takes - Key features of good practice Workplace English Language and Literacy training projects
5 Good Reasons - making the case for core skill development andimproving workforce quality and productivity
Archive
IBSA Strategic Directions 2008-2010