“IT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE BUT WHOM YOU KNOW”
In our company
we work for knowledge networks, in our case we belong to the agricultural
network and is responsible for carrying out the curricula of the courses we offer
,through the network they programming the training of human talent is.
In our training Center a way to link to the productive sector of our activities is to
make meetings in a group called the Technical Committee in which projects and
problems of the Centre with representatives from farming companies are
discussed.
In my workplace
the SENA EMPRESA strategy, we works under the Agri-Food Chain approach which is
very important for networks and work there all productive areas relate Center, we
have identified three food chains, dairy chain , Meat chain and Agricultural chain and the emphasis is made to the student about the importance of work under this
approach because in this way it provides a more holistic view of the production
process.
Nevertheless
I believe that there is still much to work for networks, for example there is
no mechanism or site that allows us to interact in real time with the companies
sponsoring our apprentices or networks with companies in the region with the
intention that the Student training project makes solutions for those
enterprises arising or links with training centers in other countries have.
A great weakness
that we have is that in specific areas is not working for such networks, there
is no network of Agricultural Marketing and we have 32 Agricultural Centers at
SENA but everyone solves their problems of marketing products as they can, or don´t
share information the errors or success stories and surely we are making the
same mistakes or wasting already found solutions.
Today it is
impossible to detach this interconnected world which gives us more advantages
than disadvantages, networking knowledge or information not only national but
also international give us another look or new perspectives on our area or
problems and the student a more complete and complex view of the world, so
personally I have great expectations of this new module of the course because I
believe that we must seize the opportunities that can give us connect with the
world.
You probably already covered this and more with Anu and David in September. Nevertheless, I just give a short comment here.
ReplyDeleteA research-based development project always starts with identifying the problem and setting preliminary goals. I think you have described the starting point clearly in this entry. Next steps (the order may vary!) are getting familiar with the target both in theory and in practice, defining the developmental work in more detail, building the framework and planning the methods. After that the project is implemented and the outcomes are disseminated through different media (a traditional research report seldom is the most effective way to document and spread the project). Of course the process and results also need to be evaluated. It may be that durin the quite short time span available you will not be able to implement all these steps. Even then, you should at least have an evaluation plan.
In summary: good starting point, I look forward to following your implementation.