However, while more people with more qualifications and greater skills are necessary, this is not sufficient to secure future corporate competitiveness and the employability of individuals.
Behaviours are the key to success.
Organisations increasingly need people who manage or contribute to managing a growing range of processes. Neither academic teaching nor training programmes in many sectors have yet developed adequate learning processes for this purpose. Some leading companies have instituted activities to develop such capabilities in their staff, through a new approach to performance management, simulations beyond current practice using information technology, mentoring and bench-marking. However, such initiatives have been at company level and designed to meet specific needs. A broader perspective is now needed.