Abstract:
The purpose of the present article is to examine the processes of restructuring in technical and further education in Western Australia. The article builds upon earlier studies dealing with TAFE reform in Western Australia prior to restructuring having become a dominant thrust of national economic policy in the late 1980s. The conclusion drawn is that in spite of the urgency accorded current reform efforts in Western Australia, few of the issues are new. Staff resistance to change lies at the heart of failures to reorganise TAFE, a government objective since about 1978.