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Edmonstone, John – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
The paper examines the benefits claimed for action learning at individual, organisational and inter-organisational levels. It goes on to identify both generic difficulties in evaluating development programmes and action learning specifically. The distinction between formative and summative evaluation is considered and a summative evaluation…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Tucker, Dana – Performance Improvement, 2012
This is a retrospective analysis of the performance of a large training program in a combat environment looked at through the lens of human performance technology. Van Tiem, Moseley, and Dessinger's performance improvement/HPT model and strategic, operational, and tactical levels are used to describe effective and ineffective applications of human…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Police Education, Intervention, Organizational Development
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Landhäusser, Sandra; Faas, Stefan; Treptow, Rainer – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
Against the background of a European-wide strategy of governance aimed at improving support for parents and families, the following report details the conceptualization and evaluation of a federal state program in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) which was launched in 2008 to encourage family and parent education. Two program components, a voucher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Family Programs, Federal Programs
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Creanor, Linda – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Distributive leadership, which has been described as a distribution of power within the sociocultural context of universities, provides a valuable model for encouraging scholarship and innovation in learning and teaching. By nurturing, rather than imposing, leadership responsibilities, and relating them to personal, as well as institutional…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Scholarship, Case Studies, Instructional Innovation
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Sprangel, Joseph; Stavros, Jacqueline; Cole, Matthew – International Journal of Training and Development, 2011
New forms of organization development are moving from a classical diagnostic perspective to a dialogic perspective. This move includes a focus on exploring positive states of organizing, shared aspirations, and the design of preferred futures as key outcomes of a strategic change process. Training and development that applies the elements of the…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Trust (Psychology), Schools, Environmental Standards
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Ray, Keith W.; Goppelt, Joan – International Journal of Training and Development, 2011
Many leadership development programs are intended to improve individual leaders' skills and abilities to perform. Methods for measuring the effect of such programs range from simple metacognitive self-report surveys to 360-degree feedback, to instrumentation of psychological phenomena. However, the outcomes of some leadership development programs…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Leadership Training, Organizational Development, Leadership
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Struyk, Raymond J.; Damon, Mawadda; Haddaway, Samuel R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
The international community has identified a positive link between good governance and economic development. There is an increasing appreciation of the effective role that local policy research organizations (PROs) can play in providing evidence-based policy recommendations as the basis for sound legislation and in assessing the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Mentors, Program Evaluation, Construction Programs
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Hermann, Jaime A.; Ibarra, Guillermo V.; Hopkins, B. L. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2010
The present research examines the effects of a complex safety program that combined Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) and traditional safety methods. The study was conducted in an automobile parts plant in Mexico. Two sister plants served as comparison. Some of the components of the safety programs addressed behaviors of managers and included methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industrial Psychology, Organizational Development, Occupational Safety and Health
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Liu, Ying Chieh; Huang, Yu-An; Lin, Chad – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
E-learning development for enterprises is still in its infancy in that scholars are still working on identifying the critical success factors for e-learning in organizational contexts. This study presents a framework considering how organizational factors affect the quality and service of e-learning systems and how these factors influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Information Systems, Information Security
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Acevedo, Jose M.; Yancey, George B. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the importance of new employee orientation (NEO) programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides a viewpoint of the importance of new employee orientation programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Findings: Although western…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Staff Orientation, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
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Siadaty, Melody; Gasevic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Jelena; Pata, Kai; Milikic, Nikola; Holocher-Ertl, Teresa; Jeremic, Zoran; Ali, Liaqat; Giljanovic, Aleksandar; Hatala, Marek – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Self-regulated learning processes have a potential to enhance the motivation of knowledge workers to take part in learning and reflection about learning, and thus contribute to the resolution of an important research challenge in workplace learning. An equally important research challenge for the successful completion of each step of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Workplace Learning
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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
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Edmonstone, John – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010
This article describes the use of "business-driven" action learning in a healthcare setting. It reviews and reflects on an example where action learning does not "take", identifying the likely causes of this. It also poses four questions--whether action learning is counter-cultural in some organisations; whether the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Reflection, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
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Craver, Gerald A.; Burkett, Amy K. – Qualitative Report, 2012
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) perform an important role in the long-term care system because they provide the majority of paid care to nursing facility residents. Unfortunately, annual CNA turnover often exceeds 100 percent nationally. Many factors account for this, including stressful working conditions, low pay, and limited benefits. The…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Medical Services, Improvement Programs, Focus Groups
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Roberts, Cynthia; Coghlan, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
Drawing on their experience in a Midwest healthcare system, the authors propose a model of leadership development through action learning that embraces "concentric collaboration" at its core. The present study suggests that the process of concentric collaboration can serve to strengthen the skills of the individual leader as well as…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Experiential Learning, Cooperation, Organizational Change
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