Abstract
Summary Australian industry is currently undergoing major restructuring in terms of infrastructure investment, adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and workplace reforms, to improve its competitiveness in global markets. Recent studies of industry's poor economic performance attribute the problem to bad management practices, inadequate management education and lack of industry‐based training regimes. Industry, along with educational institutions, have recognized this failure, and together are supporting new ventures in cooperative education to redeem the situation. This paper addresses some key issues related to the role of cooperative education in this process of industry restructuring. It offers answers to the questions: Why cooperative education? What are the emerging workplace factors influencing the structure of cooperative programmes? How to design cooperative programmes for experiential learning? How to rationalize the ‘bottom‐line’ benefits to cooperative partners? Details of the planni...
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