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A Trilogy of views on YTS

DIANE BAILEY (Background was in retail management including a period lecturing at the College for Distributive Trades in Leicester Square. She worked for four years in a traditional manufacturing company and this was followed by eight years with the Distributive ITB. For the last four of these she was controller of training development, responsible for all training aids, methods and training initiatives developed by DITB. She currently operates as a specialist consultant with two areas of interest: helping firms to develop the design and writing skills of their training staff and the area of youth training. She has recently worked with various bodies including Chambers of Trade and Trade Associations helping them to set up as managing agents)
TONY DIXON (Training Development Manager with DITB who has specialised in management development. His special interests include coaching, management self‐development and the role of the small sponsor)

Industrial and Commercial Training

ISSN: 0019-7858

Article publication date: 1 August 1983

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Abstract

The Youth Training Scheme is a bold experiment in providing the bridge from school to work. It contains many innovations such as the managing agent concept. No pilot project this: in its scale it is, for an experiment, breath‐taking. And it has been mounted against severe time pressures. Over a full one per cent of the Government's income has gone into it. If it succeeds it will become an important new and permanent feature of national life: if it fails the MSC will sink with it and someone will have to pick up the bits and put something else in its place without undue delay. As it proceeds unpredicted pitfalls and weaknesses appear — as they are sure to do. The stage has just been reached when analysts are beginning to feel confident in identifying these weaknesses. It is important to maintain a public dialogue on the strengths and weaknesses of the system so that, if adaptations are needed or a major overhaul of the system undertaken, these can be brought about quickly.

Citation

BAILEY, D. and DIXON, T. (1983), "A Trilogy of views on YTS", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 15 No. 8, pp. 236-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb003949

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1983, MCB UP Limited

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