Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 11 Issue 6

Auditing Training

Peter Bramley, Heather Hullah

The article by Buckley and Caple which described the concept of the Training Audit seemed to us to be both interesting and stimulating. So much so that we used it as a discussion…

Training for Public Managers: The Alabama Certified Public Manager Program

Ronald R. Sims, John G. Veres, Toni S. Locklear, Raymond B. Wells

Of all the human resource functions which occupy personnel specialists' attention, organisations probably spend the most time on training and development. Virtually all employees…

Chairmanship at Negotiations in Organisations — A Model to Facilitate Decision Making

Willem F.G. Mastenbroek

When subordinates start negotiating among themselves, managers may find themselves in an awkward position. As a senior executive, a department head, a division manager or as the…

Management Learning Contracts:: From Theory to Practice, Part II — Practice

George Boak, Mac Stephenson

In Part 1, we described the basis for the development of the Management Learning Contract at the Northern Regional Management Centre at Washington, Tyne and Wear. The contract…

Changing a Bureaucracy into an Open Organisation

Margaret Blanksby

The controlling Labour Party in Sheffield changed leadership in the early 1980s and introduced policies aimed at “working jointly with council employees and those who use council…

Educating Australian Engineering Support Personnel

Adrian R. Haas

This article seeks to review the provision of vocational education available to para‐professional‐level engineering personnel in Australia. This stratum of personnel corresponds…