The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of using metaphors to enhance learning in the framing and debriefing of teamwork issues for a corporate adventure training (CAT) program. Through random assignment, four different but intact regional work groups from a European banking institution participated in a CAT program for the purposes…

This report presents a review of studies and articles on employer-sponsored training in Canada. The authors reviewed documentation that used data from the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) and offer a synthesis of the current state of knowledge. The report looks alternately at issues pertaining to determinants of training from the employer and…

This paper is an introductory discussion of industrial training, artificial intelligence (AI), and AI applications in training, prepared in the context of the United Kingdom Training Commission (TC) program. Following an outline of the activities and aims of the program, individual sections describe perspectives on: (1) training needs, including…

The Distributive Industry Training Board (DITB) is tackling the training problems of small firms in many ways. A Distributive Training Award provides the industry with a firm training standard at which to aim. Audio-visual aids and publications are new training aids also reported. (MW)

A union member raises several questions regarding the differences between the 1973 Employment Act and the Industrial Training Act of 1964, particularly regarding the levy/grant system, in a presentation to the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference. (AG)

The article describes the training program for the Crimpfil company where the majority of the 450 employees had previously no contact with the textile industry. The training department was involved in interviewing and selection and encouraged promotion through technical supervisory, and management grades. The company achieved the Levy Exemption…

This paper examined the Industrial Training Fund, which was established to provide skill-oriented continuing education opportunities for industrial workers in Nigeria. Based on the critical examination of the provisions of the decree and the activities of the fund, suggestions are given towards the improvement of the policy and implementation.…

Author suggests alternative forms for training programs other than university training. (CB)

Economist says industrial training boards offer potentially successful model for the U.S. (Editor)

Describes ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and its possible uses, particularly in Macau (Portuguese territory down the coast from Hong Kong scheduled to return to Chinese sovereignty 12/20/99). Highlights include the speed of data and document transfer, access to online information, video conferencing, distance learning, and corporate…

Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to discuss the relationship between obstacles and weaknesses facing the development of MTPs and SMEs. In recent years many management training programmes (MTPs) of an off-the-job nature have been established in Palestine, after the peace agreement, in order to find a solution for apparent lack of…

Industrial trainers face a critical challenge--supplying qualified personnel for work both off and onshore to service and run Great Britain's infant oil industry in the North Sea. A review of the activities, types of employment involved, extraneous factors affecting the industry, and employment projections are discussed. (MW)

An outline is presented of the carefully formalized method used by the Bois-de-Boulogne College in Montreal for setting up plans, on a consultancy basis, in industrial training for outside organizations. (Author/EC)

Various forms of worker training in industrial safety in the Soviet Union are described by a Soviet labor inspector, with special "industrial safety rooms" the principal means of inplant instruction. Safety education in vocational schools and "people's universities" is also touched on. (MF)

Analyses whether the participation of workers in general, sector-specific, and firm-specific training affects their expectations on job mobility within or outside the call centres sector. Distinguishes between the perceived difficulty to find an equally attractive job and the inclination to quit for another job. Employing data on 525 call centre…