TRAINING IN DISTRIBUTION: HOW MUCH IS BEING DONE?

In previous issues writers from the Institute of Manpower Studies have described the manpower survey which they undertook in 1972/73 for the DITB, and which provided much material for the DITB in planning its training policy. In this article they move on from the question of employment and manpower and look at the overall picture of training in distribution — what kinds of training are being provided? Which groups of people in which firms are being trained? What is the relationship between the use of different training methods and the size of the firms studied?