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Article Information:
Title:
Small Firms' Training: The Reluctance Prevails
Author(s):
Alan Hankinson
Journal:
Industrial and Commercial Training
Year:
1994
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
28 - 30
ISSN:
0019-7858
DOI:
10.1108/00197859410065889
Publisher:
MCB UP Ltd
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Abstract:
During the period 1990-94 a survey of small firms' attitudes to training
was undertaken in south coast Hampshire. Key personnel in a sample of 48
firms with up to 100 staff were all interviewed. The results revealed
that effective training was not high on the agenda of priorities.
Training awareness far exceeded the application. Training was regarded
as an expense rather than an investment. The smaller firm's persistent
neglect of this area of management could prove to be one of the major
problems of the late 1990s.
Keywords:
Attitude surveys, Hampshire, Investment, Management attitudes, Small firms, Training
Article Type:
Research paper