Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 10 Issue 4

Training for Change: A Case Study of the Trainer's Role

Michael Walton

The purpose of this article is to consider a training and development case study involving external advisors as training consultants in the development of a new management…

Effectiveness and Efficiency in Industrial Training: Part 2: Popular Measures for Improving Effectiveness Refuted

Piet Koehorst, Willem Verhoeven

In our first article, we looked at a large number of sources of ineffectiveness and inefficiency in industrial training. Most of the problems are related to the way line managers…

A Methodological Approach for Training Analysts of Small Business Problems

J.R. Mackness

The methodology described in this article has been used to train both analysts of very small businesses and small business managers themselves. Very small businesses are…

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE: The Australian Administrative Staff College

P.W. Osborn

Since 1957, the Australian Administrative Staff College has been at the forefront in the preparation of senior and middle‐level managers for business and government within…

TRAINING THE PROFESSIONALS: Educating the Professional Industrial Manager

John Collop

The primary objective of the Institution of Industrial Managers (IIM) is to improve the professionalism and performance of managers in industry, thus, by implication, helping to…

Labour Market Training in Sweden — A Reflection of Swedish Society

Frederick Geers

Training in the Swedish labour market started on a small scale just after the Second World War and increased considerably during the 1958 recession. Since the second half of the…