TY - JOUR AB - Previous articles discussed the changing role of central Governments in vocational education and training, and treated in depth the devolution of training responsibility to local authorities and the ways in which the local authorities are proactively responding to this challenge. There is, however, a major role for central Governments in linking vocational education and training policy with policies aimed at overall economic development and productivity and the stimulation of employment. Such policy issues and strategies are discussed in this final section. VL - 14 IS - 12 SN - 0019-7858 DO - 10.1108/eb003918 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb003918 AU - THOROGOOD RAY PY - 1982 Y1 - 1982/01/01 TI - Current Themes in VOCATIONAL EDUCATION and TRAINING POLICIES: Part 3: The Generation of ‘New’ Business, Employment, and Skill Shifts, as a Prime Concern of Training Policy T2 - Industrial and Commercial Training PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 399 EP - 403 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -