Training and development in the Northern Ireland clothing industry

Abstract

With the emergence of human resource management models and literature came a realisation that in many cases personnel specialists were faced with many new opportunities and challenges. There was a perception that a number of the key functions of the specialism had been underdeveloped or even ignored. This article presents a quantitative analysis of human resource management practices in the Northern Ireland clothing industry. The findings are derived from a survey sample of 90 organisations and the data analysed is based on the 69 company responses representing a 76 per cent response rate. The article focuses on one area of the personnel function, which it was considered would be dramatically changed by the implementation of a new approach to managing people; namely, training and development. The article presents a positive view of human resource interventions in the surveyed industry and of the progress specialists within the industry have made.

Citation

Morrow, T. (2001), "Training and development in the Northern Ireland clothing industry", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 25 No. 2/3/4, pp. 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005439