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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1986

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CO-OPERATION NEEDED IN IMPROVING MANAGEMENT TRAINING

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BETTER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION SECTORS IS NEEDED TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, MR K.C. CHAN, SAID THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING TO OVER 80 MANAGEMENT TRAINERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF TRAINING BOARDS AT A CONFERENCE ON CO-OPERATION IN MANAGEMENT TRAINING, MR CHAN SAID ALL EMPLOYERS SHOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING THEIR MANAGEMENT TRAINING NEEDS KNOWN TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS. MANY CHANNELS WERE OPEN TO THEM.

THOSE PROVIDING MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT EMPLOYERS WANTED IF THEY WERE TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THEN TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE, HE SAID.

+THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN HONG KONG BECAUSE A GREAT MAJORITY OF OUR FIRMS ARE SMALL AND THEREFORE NOT IN A POSITION TO ORGANISE FORMAL IN-COMPANY TRAINING FOR THEIR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.

+THEY HAVE TO RELY HEAVILY ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE RELEVANT PROGRAMMES TO TRAIN THEIR MANAGEMENT STAFF,+ MR CHAN SAID.

HE ADDED THAT FINDINGS OF SEVERAL SURVEYS CARRIED OUT BY THE COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING REVEALED A CONSTANT PATTERN IN EMPLOYERS' OPINION THAT MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY COURSES SHOULD BE IMPROVED IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY.

THE COUNCIL HAD SET UP THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF HONG KONG TO CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATION AND PROMOTION OF MANAGEMENT TRAINING. ITS SUCCESS WOULD VERY MUCH DEPEND ON THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL

INVOLVED IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, MR CHAN POINTED OUT.

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