SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1983
MANAGEMENT TRAINING IS A MUST IN MODERN WORLD
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INCREASING EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS THROUGH SUSTAINED TRAINING IN MODERN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.
THIS MAJOR PROGRAMME, DESIGNED TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING UNIT, WITH MR FRANK BOND AS THE PRIME MOVER FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THE UNIT CONDUCTS COURSES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE ECHELONS TO THE DIRECTORATE GRADES.
COURSES UP TO SIX WEEKS RUN THE GAMUT OF ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT IN A FAST-CHANGING AND COMPLEX WORLD.
+THEY INCLUDE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP, MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATION SKILLS, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, COUNSELLING SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, STAFF SELECTION INTERVIEWING, STAFF MANAGEMENT AND STAFF RELATIONS. TEAM BUILDING, MANAGEMENT STRESS AND GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES.... MR BOND, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE UNIT'S CHIEF TRAINING OFFICER, EXPLAINED.
SO SOPHISTICATED HAVE BECOME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT, NOWADAYS, EVEN TRAINERS THEMSELVES NEED TRAINING PERIODICALLY.
+MOST OF OUR TRAINING OFFICERS HAVE MASTERS DEGREES WITH IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS MANAGEMENT FIELDS. BUT TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. THEY ARE SENT ABROAD FOR STUDY, INCLUDING ATTACHMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS, MR BOND POINTED OUT.
+AT THE SAME TIME, OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS ARE INVITED BY OUR UNIT TO PROVIDE US WITH DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES AND TECHNIQUES,+ HE ADDED.
BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT CHANGES IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, TRAINING IS A NEVER-ENDING ENDEAVOUR IN WHICH, AS MR BOND PUT IT, +WE WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IF WE DON'T CONSTANTLY GO FORWARD+.
MR BOND IS AN EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT TRAINER, HAVING SERVED MANY YEARS WITH THE UK GOVERNMENT AND THE UK CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE, AND THE LAST 10 YEARS WITH HONG KONG'S CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING CENTRE, OF WHICH THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING UNIT IS AN IMPORTANT PART.
SPEAKING SHORTLY BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BOND SAID HE WOULD BE JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY'S FAR EAST HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG.
+DURING THE PERIOD IN HONG KONG, I HAVE ACQUIRED WHAT TO ME IS AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE WHICH I WILL CONTINUE TO UTILISE, MR BOND SAID WITH REFRESHING ENTHUSIASM OVER A PROFESSION DESPITE HIS
DECADES AT IT.
/MR BOND