Management education by post

Abstract

In the past, the Co‐operative Union's postal tuition section has served thousands of students. Many of the Co‐operative movement's senior officials possess qualifications gained through correspondence study or through a combination of correspondence courses and residential study at the Co‐operative College. Recently, with the phasing‐out of traditional Co‐operative Union awards and the reduction in numbers employed in the movement, support for our established course provisions has declined. The increased size of trading units and changes in promotion patterns within the Distributive Industry, as well as the rapid expansion of the further education system, have also affected demand for correspondence courses. The Co‐operative Union Education Department has, therefore, undertaken a considerable investment in the production of new courses to meet the changed pattern of need, and several new initiatives in the sphere of management education are being planned.

Citation

Pyper, I.F. (1974), "Management education by post", Education + Training, Vol. 16 No. 10, pp. 254-255. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001837