Title: Professional advancement program: a strategy for growth

Authors: Prof. Hira N. Ahuja

Addresses: Professor and Director, Continuing Education Division, Technical University of Nova Scotia, P.O. Box 1000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2X4, Canada

Abstract: Developing a continuing education program for technical professionals under a cost-recovery mandate within a short span of five years is difficult enough; expanding it to make it national is indeed challenging. Add to this the ambivalence of the faculty and administration while trying adjust to the fast pace of growth, the reaction of turf-watching peers, and the cyclical nature of industries whose training budgets pay for their employees to attend, it becomes a horrendous task, the progress of which must depend on the dedication of its staff.

Keywords: operational strategy; developing seminars; marketing seminars; participatory management; office automation; professional advancement; continuing education; technical professionals.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.1990.030346

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 1990 Vol.1 No.1, pp.33 - 41

Published online: 15 Dec 2009 *

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