Great concern has been expressed at the appallingly low rate of commitment by British industry and commerce to training. Whilst Britain's managers must share some of the blame for…
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Great concern has been expressed at the appallingly low rate of commitment by British industry and commerce to training. Whilst Britain's managers must share some of the blame for this, the actual providers of training must also be considered at fault.
Increasing competition and the liberalisation of trade in Europeafter 1992 means that British firms will face a difficult, ifchallenging, future. It will be essential to minimise…
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Increasing competition and the liberalisation of trade in Europe after 1992 means that British firms will face a difficult, if challenging, future. It will be essential to minimise fixed costs wherever possible. The failure to control such costs can result in bankruptcy. Ways of achieving cost minimisation are suggested and examples are given of companies where such a strategy has been successfully pursued.
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Considerable publicity has been given to the micro processor revolution but the applications have not percolated down to many small companies. Wariness of new technology is a…
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Considerable publicity has been given to the micro processor revolution but the applications have not percolated down to many small companies. Wariness of new technology is a barrier but computer systems and the associated software already on the market are becoming so cheap and easy to use that small companies would be foolish if they didn't investigate the potential for reducing costs and increasing efficiency in their companies. When the potential benefits are measured against costs then the arguments in favour of micro computers become overwhelming.
Many companies have never faced more difficult trading conditions than in 1980. The combination of high interest rates, rapid inflation, a high value pound and a collapse of…
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Many companies have never faced more difficult trading conditions than in 1980. The combination of high interest rates, rapid inflation, a high value pound and a collapse of consumer demand has resulted in nightmare trading conditions for many companies. It also creates very adverse conditions for the development of new innovation and new enterprises, which are vital to Britain's long‐term prosperity.
Divergent Prosperity: The surest indicator of the rapidly increasing divergence in prosperity between the South East of England and the rest of Britain is the large and quickly…
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Divergent Prosperity: The surest indicator of the rapidly increasing divergence in prosperity between the South East of England and the rest of Britain is the large and quickly widening differential in house prices. Whilst in areas like Wales, house prices are dropping in real terms, increases of over 25 per cent per annum are occurring in the South East. So once again, the British economy is failing to grow in a developed and even fashion which is creating considerable economic imbalance and checks to long‐term growth. A great deal can be done to correct this imbalance by regional, not central, authorities — but it will need a far more dynamic approach that has not been shown to date.
Great concern has been expressed at the appallingly low rate of commitment to training by British industry and commerce. While Britain's managers must share some of the blame for…
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Great concern has been expressed at the appallingly low rate of commitment to training by British industry and commerce. While Britain's managers must share some of the blame for this, the actual providers of training must also be considered at fault.
The enormous advances in micro‐electronics in recent years has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the cost of computing power. Today's small business computer systems costing from…
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The enormous advances in micro‐electronics in recent years has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the cost of computing power. Today's small business computer systems costing from £3,000 to £10,000 can do the work of a ten year old machine then costing the equivalent of £250,000. Therefore any company who employs more than one person full time to look after administration and clerical work should now be thinking about using a computer to save time, money and to cut out a lot of monotonous routine work. Additionally, even basic computer systems will provide businessmen with much better and more detailed information on which to base decisions.
In recent years the attitude to training in Britain has been transformed. Due to the considerable efforts of politicians like Lord Young and organisations like the Confederation…
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In recent years the attitude to training in Britain has been transformed. Due to the considerable efforts of politicians like Lord Young and organisations like the Confederation of British Industries and the Manpower Services Commission, the importance of training is now placed at the top of the agenda of any industrial and commercial strategy. Funding training is also no longer a problem, as a result of the resources allocated to the MSC and the Training Boards; while the European Community, through the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund, is also putting huge amounts of money into training.
Very few businesses are using personal computers as a marketing tool and are missing out on a cost‐effective way of improving sales. A course run by the Welsh Regional Management…
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Very few businesses are using personal computers as a marketing tool and are missing out on a cost‐effective way of improving sales. A course run by the Welsh Regional Management Centre at the Polytechnic of Wales and sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission demonstrates the returns which can be made. The programme is based on an actual case study of a highly successful and profitable firm, Recliners Unlimited. The programme provides tuition in using the computers and integrates this with the organisation of an advertising campaign with a direct mail shot and telephone follow‐up.
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The accelerating pace of technological and social change has resulted in a large number of jobs, skills and professions becoming obsolete, or dramatically reduced in numbers and…
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The accelerating pace of technological and social change has resulted in a large number of jobs, skills and professions becoming obsolete, or dramatically reduced in numbers and importance. This pace of job obsolescence is likely to accelerate rapidly in the 1990s when the full effects of the second industrial revolution, based on the dramatic advances in electronics and computing, are implemented throughout industry and commerce. The resulting change will mean an unprecedented need for flexibility and retraining; but even then large sections of the potential working population are likely to remain marooned, and surplus to the requirements of the job market.