Describes a nine-month business and communication skills program developed for a large multinational corporation. Discusses communication training programs for international employees and internalizing the business communication curriculum. (EL)

An exploratory econometric model to explain the duration of industrial training programs and to assess training policy is explored. The major results are that most training is conducted in large firms, turnover discourages specific training while government assistance encourages it, and neither minimum wages nor unions have significant negative…

The injection of technology into the postal system created the need for a comprehensive training program for installation and maintenance of computer-controlled machines. (DS)

Xerox is building a new training center in Leesburg, Virginia, the International Center for Training and Management Development, to teach its personnel to meet the multinational organization's corporate needs and responsibilities. (Author/PG)

The Finnish Society for Educational Research invited representatives in the fields of research and instruction, and planners of training programs to a joint seminar in which the parties informed each other of their activities and expectations concerning future cooperation. (CB)

This article shows how programmed instruction is particularly applicable to the fire service and describes a study carried out into student attitudes to this method of instruction. (Editor)

Teenagers in Hull, England participated in Young Enterprise," a program similar to the Junior Achievement in the United States. (SP)

The authors, both psychologists employed by a large British company, examine some of the difficulties that can occur when the training department of an organization is asked to train managers in the use of an appraisal program. (Editor/AN)

The common approach to interviewer training can do little to improve interviewer effectiveness, and a new approach is necessary. (AN)

This article reviews a conference which examined training as a function within the organization, the design of training within the system, and looked at specific cases of systems training in action. (AK)

Comprehensive model recommended for training in apprenticeable trades. (Editor)

A look at how the Sun Oil Company uses CCTV in their Human Resources Department. (AK)

The author describes the responsibilities of the Metrication Board in terms of the changeover to metric units. (MF)

The advantages and financial saving from using videotaped instruction for employee training and communication at Southern New England Bell Telephone are discussed. (LF)

Further education in Scotland shows a divergent pattern of development from that in England and Wales. It has no polytechnical institutions, retains the majority of its Central Institutions and is developing new Colleges of Further Education, conducting the most advanced work but still subject to the local education authority. (EB)