An Action Learning Programme for Between‐Jobs Managers

Origins and Objectives, A little over six years ago a programme for unemployed managers registered with Professional & Executive Recruitment (the UK Government's job agency —PER) was started at Sundridge Park Management Centre under the auspices of the Training Services Division of the Manpower Services Commission. Called the Management Application Programme, it was designed to assist managers back into useful work who, for one reason or another, needed more help than the shorter courses, with their emphasis on interview skills, CV and letter writing, could provide.