Article written by Charles Handy on comparative management training by country. Handy claims that the British do things best in management and productivity in a global assessment of industrialized, capitalist nations. The problem, however, is that the Britain achieves quality on a very small scale compared with Japan, the USA, West Germany, and France, and Handy notes that there are two important consequences of doing things occasionally well. The first is that there is no consensus in Britain on how to educationally prepare people for responsible roles in business and management or how best to go on developing those roles. The second consequence is that an elite has been created through rationing what management education is available, as management education in Britain is seen as a privilege. As Handy, indicates, only 25% of Britain's top managers have degrees, which differs greatly from other capitalist countries such as the USA and Japan. However, Handy stresses that Britain needs to follow its own path, specifically, the way of the professions, to be competitive again. This path would necessitate 1) a two-part qualification, and 2) formal studies linked to experience and leading up to an MBA. In Handy’s vision, the first step would be a prerequisite to the second step.
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