[多项选择]Staff Training: the importance of developing appropriate skills among the workforce

参考答案:Suggested answers:
a．Skill-training is important in continuing management education. There are new techniques, new materials, new products, and new equipment being introduced and being used every day. A progressive entrepreneur must actively seek information on change, both technical and social, and learn how to incorporate it in the business’s plans or deal with it effectively. This may mean independent study or attending classes so the entrepreneur can learn what is necessary to continue to operate with the best possible methods, materials, and machines available.
b．As Epictetus pointed out:“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”Developing appropriate skills among the workforce is crucial to management succession and business continuity. Employees usually have their time managed for them by company regulations, but small business owner/managers and other employers must manage their own time. The opinion is widespread that success in small business requires long hours of hard work, and most owner/managers do put in long hours. Others, however, equally successful through adroit time management, accomplish just as much and achieve the same results in more nearly normal working hours.
c．Skill training is very important. In some cases, learning more rapid ways to perform essential tasks may be indicated. In most cases, however, the owner/manager of a small business must learn to set priorities, establish timesaving routines and policies, and delegate authority to employees.
Small business owners and the corporate managers of large firms are expected to become involved in the political and social structures of the communities in which their businesses are located. The owner/managers of small businesses, however, often find that for them the contribution of time and money can become a relatively heavy burden unless carefully controlled.
d．Change is a reality every owner/manager of a small business must face. To operate a business successfully he or she must not only have education, training, and/or experience in basic management and business skills, but also be adaptable to social and economic change. Adaptability to change often requires re-education, or a continuing form of management education. As with any other aspect of business planning, plans or provisions should be made for a line of succession to key jobs in management or for the continued operation of the business in the event of the owner/manager untimely death, incapacity, or retirement. While the need to plan for management succession exists in all businesses, the loss of leadership and management skill usually is much more damaging to a small business.
答案解析:[解析] incorporate包含，吸收，纳入，组成公司或社团。time-saving省时的。 delegate authority to employees权限下放给雇员。 set priorit