Contents: Manpower Training and Development, Manpower Planning System, Manpower Development and Organisation Development, Manpower Planning and its Development, Manpower Planning and Training Needs, Manpower Planning and Process, Principles and Evaluation of Training, Establishing Training Needs, Training Plans, Management and Approaches to Training, Recent Development in Training.

Seeks to find a balance between research and company practices. This text provides students with a background in the fundamentals of training and development - needs assessment, transfer of training, designing a learning environment, methods, and evaluation.

Introductory textbook on vocational training in the UK - discusses systems approach to training, training needs, design and evaluation of training programmes and policy, provision of employment opportunity for young workers through on the job training, further education, management development and vocational counselling relating to office worker, salesperson, skilled worker, technicians, etc. Bibliography, diagrams, questionnaires and references.