Regional Management Centres: An Interim Appraisal

The creation of a limited number of Regional Management Centres (RMCs) in England and Wales was an institutional innovation without precedent in British further education. It was the creation of a group of new academic institutions based on a single subject — management studies. It was a major policy initiative to enhance the credibility of management education in further education, and thereby to enable that system to complement the national Business Schools in meeting the management education needs of the business community. It was a political decision with far‐reaching consequences for management and for British industry as a whole.