Major concerns have been raised about the training reforms currently being
implemented by the Australian government. This article draws on a survey of
users of the national training system in Australia to outline the problems that
have emerged and to recommend changes to existing implementation
arrangements. In general terms, the 'top-down', centrally driven bureaucratic
processes are generating strong dissatisfaction among employers, the major
clients of the training system. For the training reforms to work effectively in
the workplace, business needs to have a much greater capacity to influence
how resources are allocated as well as a greater say in how the overall frame
work should work.
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