Johnny Sung
Institute of Education, University College London, Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education, Visiting Professor
Institute for Adult Learning, Centre for Skills, Performance and Productivity, Professor of Skills & Performance; Research Fellow
Professor Sung is an international expert in workforce development, focusing specifically on training effectiveness and the link between skills policy and organisational performance. Through his 35 years’ research, applied work and current consultancy, Professor Sung’s research covers five broad areas:
a) Skills and the various concepts and measurements of skills – utilisation and transfer;
b) Workforce development systems and implementation;
c) National lifelong learning systems and policy tools.
Currently, Professor Sung is the director of Applebee Associates Ltd in the UK. Between 2011 and 2020, he established the Centre for Skills, Performance and Productivity (CSPP) within the Institute for Adult Learning which delivered major national research projects (e.g., skills utilisation, business performance and skills, policy evaluation and the OECD PIAAC studies) in Singapore with government funding support. Before 2011, Professor Sung was Chair of Skills and Performance at the University of Leicester, UK.
In the last 30 years, Professor Sung has received research funding and consultancy work with major national and international bodies, e.g., the ILO, OECD, UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Commission and various national governments.
For his current research work, please see the Skills Forum (https://theskillsforum.com).
Professor Sung is also Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Training and Development. He is also holds visiting and honorary positions at:
a) Honorary Fellow, The Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance, University of Oxford;
b) Research Fellow, Inst. for Adult Learning, Singapore;
c) Visiting Professor, LLAKES, Institute of Education, University College London
a) Skills and the various concepts and measurements of skills – utilisation and transfer;
b) Workforce development systems and implementation;
c) National lifelong learning systems and policy tools.
Currently, Professor Sung is the director of Applebee Associates Ltd in the UK. Between 2011 and 2020, he established the Centre for Skills, Performance and Productivity (CSPP) within the Institute for Adult Learning which delivered major national research projects (e.g., skills utilisation, business performance and skills, policy evaluation and the OECD PIAAC studies) in Singapore with government funding support. Before 2011, Professor Sung was Chair of Skills and Performance at the University of Leicester, UK.
In the last 30 years, Professor Sung has received research funding and consultancy work with major national and international bodies, e.g., the ILO, OECD, UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Commission and various national governments.
For his current research work, please see the Skills Forum (https://theskillsforum.com).
Professor Sung is also Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Training and Development. He is also holds visiting and honorary positions at:
a) Honorary Fellow, The Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance, University of Oxford;
b) Research Fellow, Inst. for Adult Learning, Singapore;
c) Visiting Professor, LLAKES, Institute of Education, University College London
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This book was published in November 2014. The attached (free) chapter is the introduction to the book which gives the reader a good idea about the content of the book.
This book argues that both neo-classical economic theory and early versions of the developmental state theory have contributed little to understanding the nature of worker participation in Singapore’s ‘miracle growth’ period. By developing a complementary concept – the developmental worker – the book examines the socio-political context in which workers became central to the national growth strategy and its skill formation projects. It further argues that one of the most important achievements of the developmental state is its ability to systematically embed the skill formation process through building innovative worker stake-holding while explicitly recognising the importance of social commitment for economic growth.
Providing important lessons for workforce development policies, this book will appeal to workforce development policy makers, researchers and academics of labour studies, Asian studies and political science, as well as consultants advising on workforce matters.""