Blog or not this was a good read. My own background was DWP. before then DE/MSC. In the 70s and 80s the DE Group as it then was ran a Management Trainee scheme. Unlike the AT scheme of the time it put operational learning ahead of policy at the early career stages. Perhaps omething to be said for that? It certainly had some components worth noting including very early exposure to significant line management roles at HEO/SEO. And a structured “tour of duty” approach across the breadth of a delivery department. Worked pretty well as a supply chain for future delivery focused SCS members. ( Declaration of interest: I was one). May be lessons to be learnt there?
My own background was Inland Revenue (now HMRC) where the technical and management training was first class. I then benefitted from the Senior Professional Administration Training Scheme (SPATS) which converted technical specialists, such as taxmen, into 'administrators'. I don't think anything similar is available right now.
Blog or not this was a good read. My own background was DWP. before then DE/MSC. In the 70s and 80s the DE Group as it then was ran a Management Trainee scheme. Unlike the AT scheme of the time it put operational learning ahead of policy at the early career stages. Perhaps omething to be said for that? It certainly had some components worth noting including very early exposure to significant line management roles at HEO/SEO. And a structured “tour of duty” approach across the breadth of a delivery department. Worked pretty well as a supply chain for future delivery focused SCS members. ( Declaration of interest: I was one). May be lessons to be learnt there?
Good points!
My own background was Inland Revenue (now HMRC) where the technical and management training was first class. I then benefitted from the Senior Professional Administration Training Scheme (SPATS) which converted technical specialists, such as taxmen, into 'administrators'. I don't think anything similar is available right now.