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)

Address given in London by the former Minister of State for Employment, outlining plans for a national training service; chart included. (SP)

This document outlines the need for manpower training and discusses the components of adequate training as provided by the Industrial Training Act of March, 1964, in order to set guidelines and standards for industries involved in the training revolution in England. Besides training and what it entails, the document presents the philosophy of…

Describes the programs and courses of the sales training department at British Airways from induction to management level. The staff uses one of the largest commercial computer facilities in the world to provide seat reservations, fare quotations and tickets, hotel reservations, and tours. (MF)

This book's objective is to stimulate the type of thinking and develop the attitudes destined to raise the tone of industrial training management. All twelve chapters are devoted to training needs, training management problems, and the means to solutions. Topics include growth of and demand for industrial training; the training manager's role in…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in planning and implementing training sessions. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: the importance of a planned approach to training; implementation of instruction (job instruction and the learning process, the step-by-step approach to training,…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in developing training plans. Discussed in the first two sections are the importance of training (the nature and benefits of a planned approach to training) and training plans (identifying training needs and preparing a training plan). Each of these sections contains an…

This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. Section 1 looks mostly at male-dominated trades work and at some historical modes of the flexing of political muscle in struggles over the definition of work and skill. It…