FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1984
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NEW MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE BEING SET UP
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A MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IS BEING ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION OF MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN HONG KONG, DR FRANCIS TIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
+THE VTC HAS RECOGNISED THAT THERE IS AN OVERRIDING NEED TO UPDATE AND EXPAND MANAGEMENT TRAINING IF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES ARE TO DIVERSIFY SUCCESSFULLY INTO NEW PROCESSES, PRODUCTS AND MARKETS, DR TIEN SAID.
SPEAKING TO SOME 50 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 18 MANAGEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AT THE 1984 CO-ORDINATION CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT TRAINING, DR TIEN EXPLAINED THAT THE CENTRE WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER AND WOULD CARRY OUT THE WORK OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, CO-ORDINATION AND PROMOTION FOR MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
DR TIEN CALLED UPON MANAGEMENT SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, SO THAT COMMON OBJECTIVES AND AREAS OF CO-OPERATION COULD BE ESTABLISHED TO MEET HONG KONG'S NEEDS FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
+ IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE WITNESSED CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES BUT, AT PRESENT, THE BULK OF MANAGEMENT COURSES AIM AT STUDENTS AND POTENTIAL MANAGERS AND ONLY A FEW CATER SPECIFICALLY FOR PRACTISING MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS. OUR JOINT AIM MUST BE
TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, HE SAID.
THE 1984 CO-ORDINATION CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT TRAINING WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING (CMST) OF THE VTC WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HONG KONG
MANAGEMENT ASSOCATION, TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES TO FOSTER
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S ACTIVITIES.
AT THE CONFERENCE, DR TIEN ALSO INTRODUCED THE CENTRE
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DIRECTOR, DR R. I. TRICKER.
DR TRICKER, A GRADUATE OF OXFORD AND HARVARD UNIVERSITIES, IS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND A COUNCIL MEMBER SOF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.
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