英文摘要 |
Currently, there are two main interpretations of Taiwan’s skill formation regime: the state-led and the geopolitical perspectives. However, these two perspectives cannot fully explain the characteristics of Taiwan's skill formation system, especially in comparison to those of European and other East Asian countries. Unlike these countries, Taiwan has not developed a firm-based institution but rather a school-based one. This article argues that to explain this phenomenon, the importance of firms should be acknowledged and the politics of training in order to promote the investment of firms in human capital should be examined. The author points out that Taiwan's post-war manpower plan emphasized the participation of enterprises in human capital investment. By comparing the responses of enterprises to the vocational training and vocational education policies of the manpower plan, it was found that under Taiwan's dual industrial structure, the Vocational Training Fund Statute promoted by state decision-makers was unable to effectively coordinate the workforce needs of large national enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, nor establish a fi rm-based vocational training system. On the other hand, vocational education provided different options for enterprises, such as private schools and cooperative education, which brought more enterprises into the skill formation system. Compared to vocational training, Taiwan’s vocational education successfully integrates the dual industrial structure. This explains why Taiwan has developed a school-based rather than a firmbased skill formation regime. |