The variety of training roles

Abstract

In Britain there has been, during the last five years, an explosive expansion in the number of training officers employed in industry, commerce and business. Because of the Industrial Training Act these men — and women — have had, often without experience, to initiate and maintain action in the training field within their own firms. The tendency has been for them to put a disproportionate effort into the paperwork required by the inaugurating of the new national system through the Industry Training Boards. This was quite inevitable and understandable. The danger is in allowing this situation to continue too long. We need a more balanced view of the training officer's job and his contribution to the firm. This analysis will, in its turn, be reflected in the type of person recruited into the training function. As a means of starting off the continuing dialogue on this issue in this journal the editor thought it would be valuable to get some expert from abroad to comment on the nature of the training officer's job and its place in the company. Accordingly he invited Dr LEONARD NADLER, a well‐known figure in the training world in the United States, to contribute. Dr Nadler is a member of the staff of George Washington University which has a high reputation in the field of training and manpower development.

Citation

NADLER, L. (1969), "The variety of training roles", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb003030