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Viewpoint: Set potential free
Britain is about two years away from a general election; and beneath much of the debate between the parties there will be the belief that the solution to the nation's economic…
Careers:: TRAINING
A challenge to complacency … A major study A Challenge to Complacency has revealed that whilst employers collectively agree that Britain under‐trains its workforce, top managers…
Careers:: TOPICS
“Give us a qualification” should be the first‐demand of today's teenager, not simply “Give us a job”, says Education Minister Chris Patten. Young people now had an unprecedented…
Centre of productivity
British Council of Productivity AssociationsAfter over three decades of residence in the metropolis, the British Council of Productivity Associations (BCPA) has moved upstream to Henley‐on‐Thames — or to be more precise to…
All change
D.C. Le BretonMuch has been written about the nature of change and its effects on human individuals and organisations. It is clear that simply maintaining the organisational status quo is…
What is marketing?
Alexis McGheeThis question is increasingly being raised by companies of all sizes throughout the UK. But why should this be? Marketing has been around for a long time now and has been…
Trends in international banking education
Eric GloverHaving established the base, how do we set about improving the quality of banking tuition? Courses for teachers, designed to bring them up to date and help them share experience…
ABE SUPPLEMENT
In the November and early December the Director General, Walter Balmford, toured a number of countries in South East Asia.
Student section
All students should note that if they have any query on their examination results they are required to quote in all correspondence their examination number, examination centre and…
Effective listening
Lyndon JonesFor managers there are many courses available dealing with effective reading, effective report writing, effective speaking. Yet comparatively few managers receive training in…
Learning to write right
Edgar CBE BakerThe normal word order in English is Subject‐Verb‐Object‐Adverbial phrases:
Organising yourself to communicate
Robert SheldonWhy When, nearly sixty years ago, I first faced the task of putting a written passage into fewer words, I was introduced to it by the junior English master. He called it précis…
Education for change and survival
Reg RevansIn 1982 I was invited by Brian Wolfson, chairman of a commission set up by the British Institute of Management for defining what might be done to develop their educational…
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