Secondment use has become widespread throughout the National Health Service (NHS) and is a very positive and popular vehicle for staff and service development. The potential benefits are high but must be offset against the risks. This paper introduces an organizational risk assessment matrix which can be used to inform the development of effective secondment ventures.
One hundred 10th grade non‐college‐bound students were randomly assigned to receive two alternative types of materials: (a) experimental—an Electronic Technician Kit which required students to use an actual ammeter in solving problems representative of that occupation; and (b) control—a kit virtually identical with the experimental treatment except that no meter was provided. The experimental subjects reported more enjoyment, wanted more information about an electronic technician career, wrote more questions about careers, and signed up to take more additional career kits than did the control subjects. However, the number of measured exploratory activities during the week after the treatments was too small to test for statistical significance.
Above all, the entrepreneur is on the forefront of the times: a person who synthesizes the interests and new ideas of the age. At a time of crisis and disillusionment, the entrepreneur leads the way to economic revival and can play a major role in social reform as well. One experienced commentator lists the following qualities as necessary in a successfull entrepreneur --commitment, patience, determination, doggedness, staying power, frugality, growth potential, spiritual/moral stamina, good health, and ability to get along with people (Fitzhugh, 1980). In America, the character of entrepreneurs has been molded by the concept of healthy competition between individuals and groups, with an assumption of limitless resources --a concept upon which our whole occupational structure and economic system are grounded. This thinking has been basic not only in structuring the goals of our free enterprise system, but also in influencing our definition of healthy psychological adjustment (Broverman et al., 1970). Being assertive and always advancing economically and socially are basic aspects of our achievement-oriented society, which rewards competition rather than cooperation and individualism rather than service to others.The point of this article is not that all our youth should choose careers as entrepreneurs in the narrow sense of the word --that is, as self-employed persons working alone or employing others. Rather, it is proposed that both the career development needs of youth and the needs of society are pointing to the value of developing in our young people entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors that are applicable to all spheres of life.Our educational programs should promote a new model of entrepreneurship --not the outstripping of others at all costs in order to obtain the best job and highest pay status, but rather the selection of a job or entrepreneurial opportunity based on what is most needed and where one's talents can be best used.
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