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Learning – The Key to Organisational Survival
Bob GarrattOrganisations face rapid change and a learning, flexible managementhas a better chance of survival.
Jobs for the boys — and girls
Royal Mail, a part of the Post Office, has published a disturbing report that Britain is on the verge of a damaging “brain drain” as it moves towards 1992 and the single European…
Training as a Mission Objective
Phil ChurchillTraining should start from the top and be central to theachievement of corporate objectives. Effective management of humanresources is essential if a company is to attract…
In Support of A‐Levels
Graham FowlerThe meaning of balance in the sixth‐form curriculum has beendebated for 30 years. At that time, the Crowther Report suggested theintroduction of General Studies to support…
Big Need not be Bureaucratic
John CowlandThe larger the organisation the more it usually lacks flair andcreativity. 3M proves the rule and has developed mechanisms to fosterthe entrepreneurial spirit within the large…
Value for money: The new criterion in education
Edgar BakerOur regular contributor on the educational scene discusses four books which deal in various ways with an area of continuing debate:
Careers
Boots has one of the first retailers to introduce a structured and formal work experience programme on a national basis for 15/16‐year‐olds in their last year of compulsory…
Change is Our Ally
Kenneth BakerChange is just as necessary in education as in other fields. Asalways, its implementation is likely to be resisted by those who feelthreatened. Yet decentralisation, devolution…
Des update
The number of overseas students studying full‐time in Britain rose by nearly a fifth to more than 65,000 between 1983 and 1987. Students from Abroad in Great Britain 1973 to 1987…
Computer‐based Training: The Philips′ View
Training is vital in all businesses. Philips have pioneered CBTcourses in their own training courses. CBT offers the advantages ofself‐study – classroom costs eliminated, students…
The need to respond
A major new report by British Institute of Management and Aston University, The Responsive Organisation, takes an in‐depth look at the consequences that anticipated changes will…
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