Schmidt, Gregory D
Linking action training to bureaucratic reorientation and institutional reform
This article explores the use of action-training methods in a highly centralized and control oriented public sector. It focuses on the technical assistance and training programme for Departmental Development Corporations (PATC-CORDES), an innovative programme in Peru initially supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Successive sections review a particularly influential alternative to conventional classroom training proposed by Honadle and Hannah (1982) and provides relevant background; Describes PATC CORDES organisation and objectives; examine its training activities; assess the resulting institutional impacts; and posit important insights from the case study. The PATC-
Training
Peru
PATC-CORDES
Government Enterprise
Training - Government Enterprise - Peru
Linking action training to bureaucratic reorientation and institutional reform
This article explores the use of action-training methods in a highly centralized and control oriented public sector. It focuses on the technical assistance and training programme for Departmental Development Corporations (PATC-CORDES), an innovative programme in Peru initially supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Successive sections review a particularly influential alternative to conventional classroom training proposed by Honadle and Hannah (1982) and provides relevant background; Describes PATC CORDES organisation and objectives; examine its training activities; assess the resulting institutional impacts; and posit important insights from the case study. The PATC-
Training
Peru
PATC-CORDES
Government Enterprise
Training - Government Enterprise - Peru