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Viewpoint: The silicon chip on the shoulder
The Government is considering the implications of a strategy to ensure the most beneficial exploitation of the new micro‐electronic technology. These include:
Hell's bells
Lyndon JonesWhen the leading US magazine Fortune asked more than 50 chairmen, presidents and vice‐presidents to rank the ten worst wasters of their scarce and valuable time, telephone…
The Administrative Staff College, Henley
Bill Allen OBEThe function of Henley is the education of managers for future responsibilities — a formidable undertaking since it attempts to interpret the future in the light of present…
The art of craftsmanship
John MakepeaceThe shifts of values and structure within our society indicate a change in the fortunes of artist‐craftsmen. The search for identity in the artifacts we use, and in the forms of…
ABE diary: DOWN WITH SCHOOL
The first annual meeting of members in Ghana was held at Social Security House, Accra on 16 December last. A committee was elected with E. F. Owuoh ‘Associate’ as Chairman. The…
Teaching by objectives to objectives
Leslie Chadwick“What benefits did you derive from your teacher training course?” enquired a distinguished Head of Department. “Teaching by objectives”, I replied. “And do you teach by…
Degrees of esteem
Gerry FowlerIn the United States no one pretends that a degree from Kennedy (Nebraska) State University (if such a place exists) is exactly comparable to one from Harvard. A qualification…
DES News Releases
A consultative paper Education and Training for 16 – 18 year olds has been sent out to a wide range of bodies, including local authority and teacher associations, employer and…
Topics
Miss Jenny Bacon has been appointed Controller of the Training Services Branch of the Manpower Services Commission's Training Services Division (TSBMSCTSD for short). Commenting…
Careers:: TOPICS
An experiment between a major machine tool manufacturer, which has spare manufacturing capacity, and Coventry City Council, which has too many unemployed youngsters on its hands…
Careers:: TRAINING
Nine young caterers aged 20–24 have been awarded travelling scholarships by the Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board under a scheme announced last year. The 18 finalists…
Careers:: COURSES
The Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board is to continue its Management Bursaries Scheme, aimed at helping to develop manage‐ment potential at all levels in the…
It's not what you say, but how you say it
Don Markwell, John JaegarThe ranks of upper and middle managers of multinational business firms include more and more people whose native language is not that of their corporate home country. Two factors…
Books
Ruth HoldsworthThe Personnel and Training Management Yearbook and Director appears in its seventh edition from its consultant editorial board of Michael Armstrong, Terry Ball and Terry Page — a…
The How and What of training
Haim GershoniA great deal has been published in recent years on how workers should be trained to perform manual tasks. However, what they should be taught to do is a subject virtually ignored…
Games that managements play
Philip SykesThis introduction to simulation games and other participative techniques is not intended to be fully comprehensive, but it is designed to give a background knowledge of major…
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