Continuing Education and Company Growth
Continuing education is a means of promoting technological development in an enterprise. In the past ten years, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO) has achieved significant success in this field. From 1986 to 1990, WISCO ran 573 seminars and classes for advanced studies. Participating specialized staff totalled 18 302. In that period, 127 research projects produced successful results, and 85 of them led to instant economic benefits amounting to 38.46 million Yuan. Li Yunzu describes WISCO's approach to continuing education. He stresses the importance of focusing continuing education programmes on the economic development of the enterprise. Full consideration should be given to seminars and advanced courses on special topics, the development of new technology and improving the quality of employees. It is also necessary to establish a pattern of continuing education that integrates education, research and production.