ABSTRACT
The role of the multinational corporations (MNC) in vocational training becomes apparent through a number of activities taking place either within the parent company or the subsidiary or outside the latter, mainly in connection with its environment in the host country. Recruitment and training of local personnel are considered to be one of the most important aspects of technological transfer by the MNC. Training policy takes various forms depending on the qualifications required for the job, the type of industry, and the level of ability of the work force available on the market. The multinationals themselves sometimes raise institutional obstacles to such mobility, as when the subsidiaries make their management staff sign undertakings to prevent them from being recruited by other competing firms. The idea that management is dominated by staff of the source country has been strongly criticized by the directors of the MNC.
