Industrial and Commercial Training: Volume 2 Issue 8

The ABC of decimal money training

BILL WALSH

Mr Walsh has already accumulated a great deal of experience in training for conversion to the new currency. In this article he presents his views on the problems and suggests an…

Starting a scheme of management development: The command group training approach

GC HEAVISIDE

‘No man teaches, he enables men to learn for themselves.’ Galileo Galilei (1564—1642) ‘To expose managers (on development courses) to new and challenging data and ideas and then…

How to present a proposal for change: a five point plan for trainers

TERRY FARNSWORTH

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS JOB, A TRAINING OFFICER REQUIRES not only the ability to analyse problems and determine solutions: he must also be able to sell his ideas effectively to…

adult apprentice

Ken Hall, Isobel Miller

THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN WORLD, THE ACQUISITION OF A high‐level manual skill is regarded mainly as the prerogative of youth. This is a view which has been adhered to most vehemently…

Training in human relationships

WILLIAM AGNEW

In this article the author makes a plea for training officers to consider the importance of human encounters in the work situation. He calls attention to the need to train…

Attrition and achievement in the scheme of private study

LYNDON H JONES, A WYLIE

The incidence of drop‐out amongst those studying by correspondence per se is high. Various reasons have been hypothesised for the low completion rate, including: • The apparent…

The owner manager: some training perspectives

JS DEEKS

Training applications Problems of Analysis. In a training context the overall purpose of carrying out studies of the owner‐managers and managers of small firms is to identify

Clerical training‐new stage

JOHN WELLENS

Of all the aspects of training, that most in need of a fundamental shake‐up is clerical training. The purpose of this short article is to inform readers of the latest position and…

Budapest to Brighton

ALEC M HUGHES

From 9–17 April I was serving on the International Jury of the 5th Technical Film Festival in Budapest, and was one of the four speakers at the Roundtable Conference which was an…