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The Impact of Action Learning: What Difference Are We Making in the World?
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Turner, Arthur; Heneberry, Pamela – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2013
Involvement in a number of action-learning programmes and associated development opportunities has led the Professional Development Centre Limited to question the relevance of a strict adherence to the "rules" of action learning as described by Reg Revans. A deliberate focus of one such programme to a financial services organisation…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Experiential Learning, Organizational Development, Instructional Effectiveness
Action Research in a Non-Profit Agency School Setting: Analyzing the Adoption of an Innovation after Initial Training and Coaching
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Sandoval-Lucero, Elena; Maes, Johanna B.; Pappas, Georgia – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
Action research is a method of organizational development and improvement often used in educational settings. This study implemented an action research process in an alternative school that serves students with significant special needs. The action research process was implemented by classroom teams who developed a research question, collected and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Nontraditional Education, Organizational Development, Nonprofit Organizations
The Importance of Mentoring Relationships among Youth Workers
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Gassman, Julianne; Gleason, Michael C. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Organizational leaders often work to retain their employees and teach them the knowledge needed in becoming future organizational leaders. The purpose of the study examined in this article was to determine how mentoring within Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services contributes to the development of students selected to deliver programs to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Training Methods, Training Objectives
Training Needs Analysis for Bus Depot Managers at GSRTC
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Shah, Hardik; Gopal, Raj – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: With rapid industrialization and population growth in the urban and rural areas in India, the demand for public transport has risen sharply. In the fast changing scenario in the public transit sector, the role of a bus depot manager (DM) has also undergone substantial transformation. This paper aims to identify and gauge the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Job Training, Trainers, Foreign Countries
The Growing Concept and Uses of Training Needs Assessment: A Review with Proposed Model
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Iqbal, Muhammad Zahid; Khan, Rashid Ahmad – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to review the relevant literature on training needs assessment (TNA) with an objective to provide users/beneficiaries of TNA with the understanding of its growing concept, multiple uses (outcomes), and valuing these uses (antecedents). Design/methodology/approach: To conduct the literature review on uses of TNA, the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Learning Motivation, Cost Effectiveness
Training Drivers, Competitive Strategy and Clients' Needs: Case Studies of Three Business Process Outsourcing Organisations
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Malik, Ashish – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that drive a firm's decision to invest in training in India's IT-enabled services/business process outsourcing (ITeS/BPO) sector. It aims to consider a much-neglected area and an often-cited need to consider external factors, especially the needs of an organisation's clients in a firm's…
Descriptors: Observation, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Training
Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation at the Commonwealth of Learning: A Handbook
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Farrell, Glen M. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
Results-based management (RBM) is an approach to programme planning and management that integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency and accountability. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began the adoption of a RBM model with its 2003-2006 Three-Year Plan. This led to a significantly…
Descriptors: Models, Partnerships in Education, Strategic Planning, Guides