Are Corporate Educational Centres Dis­appearing?

The author describes the general development of corporate educational centres. She focuses on the reasons behind their establishment, their purpose, structure, goals and the different kind of centres. A short outline covers their development during different time periods which is necessary to understand the status of educational centres in the nineteen-nineties in Slovenia. Employee training has been influenced by such factors as the restructuring of industry and the economy as well as by the needs for new knowledge and skills. The role of educational centres and their goals have diminished during the nineties. They retain a primary function only in the strongest companies. In smaller companies, the educational function is performed by human resources departments or educational officers