FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1985
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NEED SEEN FOR INDIGENOUS MANAGERS
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HONG KONG NEEDED INDIGENOUS MANAGERS WITH THE RIGHT ACUMEN AND SKILLS FOR ITS CONTINUED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS, MR HORACE KNIGHT, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, SAID TODAY.
HOWEVER, THE CONCEPT OF PLANNED TRAINING MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WAS ACCEPTED BY ONLY A RELATIVELY FEW ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.
IN A TALK TODAY TO THE ROTARY CLUB, KOWLOON NORTH, MR KNIGHT POINTED OUT THAT LESS THAN 15 PER CENT OF ESTABLISHMENTS SELECTED IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE COUNCIL HAD FORMAL TRAINING FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.
FINDINGS OF ANOTHER SURVEY ON MANAGEMENT TRAINING NEEDS ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DEMAND FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN QUALITY AS WELL AS IN QUANTITY, HE SAID,
THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF HONG KONG ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR HAD THE JOB OF IDENTIFYING HONG KONG'S CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND CO-ORDINATING THE EFFORTS AIMED AT MEETING SUCH NEEDS.
HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF THE CENTRE, MR KNIGHT SAID THAT IT HAD ALREADY UNDERTAKEN PROJECTS IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND CO- ORDINATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF MANAGEMENT ÉDUCATION AND TRAINING.
+ONE SUCH PROJECT IS THE SETTING UP OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY OF MANAGEMENT LITERATURE AS WELL AS DETAILED INFORMATION ON HONG KONG BUSINESSES, LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MANAGEMENT COURSES, MANAGEMENT TEACHERS AND TRAINERS, RESEARCH PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING MATERIALS INCLUDING FILMS AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS.
+THIS LIBRARY CUM INFORMATION UNIT IS OPEN TO ALL INSTITUTIONS, EMPLOYEES, MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS,+ SAID MR KNIGHT.
THE CENTRE, STAFFED AND SUPPORTED BY MANAGEMENT TEACHERS AND TRAINERS OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE, WAS NOW OPERATING A GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP A PROGRAMME TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GENERAL MANAGERS,
THE SIX-MONTH PROGRAMME USED ACTION LEARNING, PROJECT ORIENTATED TECHNIQUES WHICH WERE NEW TO HONG KONG, SUPPLEMENTED BY MORE CONVENTIONAL STUDY AND BRIEFINGS, MR KNIGHT SAID.
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