Economic impact assessment of the CCPMO: Final report - CIPD

Contents
Page
Foreword
iv
Executive Summary
vi
1 Introduction and background 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Structure of the report 2
2 Overview of the CCPMO 3
2.1 Overview 3
2.2 Knowledge and research base 4
2.3 Education and training 5
2.4 Other education and training activities 10
2.5 Standards setting and profile raising 11
3 The contribution of the CCPMO to the UK skills base 12
3.1 The Skills Strategy 12
3.2 Improving professional skills levels 13
3.3 Impact within the profession 15
3.4 Impact on UK plc 19
4 The economic return to professional qualifications 21
4.1 Introduction 21
4.2 Methodology 21
4.3 The incidence of professional qualifications 23
4.4 Estimating the lifetime earnings of those with professional
qualifications
27
5 Concluding remarks from the CCPMO 36
London Economics
December 2008
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