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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1988
BUSINESS GRADUATES IN SHORT SUPPLY
THE PRESENT SUPPLY OF LOCALLY TRAINED BUSINESS GRADUATES
FOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHORT OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DEMAND BCONOMIC SECTORS, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY.
FALLS
IN
MAJOR
VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL {VTC)
TRAINING FORECAST THE COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT IN ITS RECENTLY RELEASED
THAT LOCAL LARGE AND COMMERCE
SERVICES SECTORS INDUSTRIAL,
WOULD COMPANIES IN THE ANNUALLY REQUIRE AN ADDITION OF 5,200 MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS IN FIELDS (OTHER THAN PRODUCTION) OF MANAGEMENT.
ALL
NOTED
FILLED INSTITUTIONS
BY
TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE RECRUITMENT PATTERN, THE COMMITTEE
ABOUT 2,600, WOULD BE VACANCIES, THAT HALF OF THESE
LOCAL УКТ
TERTIARY EDUCATION BUSINESS GRADUATES; AND COULD ONLY SUPPLY SOME 1,600 GRADUATES A YEAR.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND, THE COMMITTEE IN VIEW OF THE IMBALANCED
AND THE GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED THAT TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
STRONG DEMAND AND ATTENTION TO THE
ALLOCATE SHOULD GIVE SPECIAL SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR COURSES ON BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT.
ABOUT
THE SURVEY CONDUCTED IN LATE 1986 SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 63,000 MANAGERS, 110,000 SUPERVISORS AND 18,000 OWNER-MANAGERS 1,900 MEDIUM-SIZED, LARGE AND CORPORATE COMPANIES.
IN
THESE THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THAT EVEN A SMALL PROPORTION OF
WOULD REPRESENT MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS WHO NEED UPGRADING TRAINING AN ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR POST-EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
AND IN THE
THIS WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE DEMAND FROM THOSE MANAGERS
COMPANIES NOT COVERED SMALLER SUPERVISORS IN SOME 180,000 SURVEY.
APART
FROM EXPANDING
PROVISIONS BY
EDUCATION
AND
SHORT UPGRADING TRAINING
MANAGEMENT
COURSES THE COMMITTEE BE A MAJOR AND
INSTITUTIONS, CONSIDERED THAT DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMES COULD EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET THE VAST DEMAND FOR MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
THE VTC COULD THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT, THE COMMITTEE SAID.
THE
300-PAGE
REPORT CONTAINS
NOW AVAILABLE
PLAY AN
MANY FINDINGS AND DETAILED AND ANALYSIS ON THE MANPOWER SITUATION AND TRAINING NEEDS OF MANAGERS
IS
AT SUPERVISORS. IT
THE GOVERNMENT CENTRE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $36 A COPY.
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