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was formed it should take into account the Chinese culture, local
conditions, environment etc. and should bring out the best from the
East and experience in the field of personnel management from the
West.
3.
Government Recognition
Referring to Government recognition of a programme with
which a professional person must be conversant, it was indicated that
without the blessing and indeed recógnition from Government or
employers, students would hesitate to spend the time and money for
acquiring the necessary qualifications.
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In the course of the initial study made by the Committee
in 1971/72, Government was consulted but no firm reply was given,
neither was the Committee advised of the conditions under which
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Government would demand to consider eventual 'official recognition.
IPM
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At the request of the Committee, Mr. E, Tonkinson reviewed
briefly the history of IPM, he stated that. IPM was set up in 1913 and
was incorporated in 1924. During its 60-year operation, it had
grown rapidly until to-day it had a membership of 16,500 a large
percentage of which were 'students'.
The examination scheme of
IPM was first introduced in the 1950's, after a few years the scheme
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was modified and accepted by 1969.
The adoption of the modified syllabus by IPM involved at
least three steps: first, practising managers were invited to list
the requirements for personnel managers; second, the academic
people were invited to comment on same, and finally the views of
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both parties were embodied in a programme (consisting of two parts),
which was notavaly a mixture of theory and practice for each subject.
The Part 1 examination aims to provide an awareness of the relevant
aspects of those disciplines underlying the practice of personnel.
management and Part 2 examination aims to provide an integrated course
to enable the student to achieve the depth of knowledge necessary to
practise personnel management.
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