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Harrison, Edward L.; And Others – Training, 1983
The Nominal Group Technique uses a group of people who nominate problems and issues that deserve attention and combines the ideas from several individuals with an effective method for consolidating and prioritizing them. (JOW)
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Program Development, Training
Geber, Beverly – Training, 1988
Presents guidelines for starting a training department including reasons why corporations decide to establish one. Includes examples from many companies. (JOW)
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Program Development, Training
Wigglesworth, Gale Coates – Training, 1984
Discusses the six cycles of training: (1) identification of training as a solution, (2) allocation of resources, (3) building expertise, (4) demonstration of success, (5) withdrawal of support, and (6) groping for survival. (JOW)
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Training, Training Allowances
Spencer, Lyle M., Jr. – Training, 1984
Presents simple methods for calculating the costs and benefits of training, consulting, and other human resource development interventions in a variety of settings. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Tables (Data)
Zemke, Ron; Rossett, Allison – Training, 2002
Revisits an April 2000 article questioning the relevance and efficacy of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and comes back to the question of whether ISD is flawed or is the manner in which people are putting ISD into practice the problem. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Instructional Systems, Program Development, Systems Approach
Geber, Beverly – Training, 1989
Discusses how to select the best training program for your needs. Includes information on deciding whether to develop your own program or buy one; identifying the kind of program you need; examining what is available; networking; choosing a supplier; and evaluating programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Instructional Material Evaluation, Media Selection, Program Development
O'Donnel, Margaret; Colby, Lee – Training, 1979
Describes an insurance company's development of an assertiveness training course for managers, supervisors, and clerical staff. (CSS)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Assertiveness, Course Descriptions, Program Descriptions
Zemke, Ron – Training, 1985
Mission statements, operating principles, and general philosophy statements for a human resources development department were drafted and readers asked to tell which of these philosophies, mission statements, and operating principles come closest to describing the way their training and development departments work. Results are presented and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Philosophy, Program Design, Program Development
Zielinski, Dave – Training, 2000
Describes learning objects, also known as granules, chunks, or information nuggets, and likens them to help screens. Discusses concerns about how they can go wrong: (1) faulty pretest questions; (2) missing links in the learning object chain; (3) poor frames of reference; and (4) lack of customization. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Program Development
Beausey, Maureen M. – Training, 1988
Creation of a superior interactive videodisc training program requires integration of four essential design elements: instructional, audiovisual, computer programming, and geographic design. They are equally important to the medium's success as a training tool. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Instructional Design, Interactive Video
Bautista, Rose Linda O. – Training, 1985
Describes Maryknoll College's supervisory training system that used behavior modeling to teach supervisors how to manage critical situations with subordinates. Discusses behavior modeling, discoveries made during program implementation, program evaluation, and results of a participant's reaction survey. (CT)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Postsecondary Education, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Lee, Chris – Training, 1982
Presents an overview of advances in technology-based learning aids and how they can affect training. It discusses five modes of computer-aided instruction applications, creating your own programs, and four types of learner responses to anticipate. (CT)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Program Design, Program Development
Gordon, Jack – Training, 1986
Reports responses to Training's 1986 survey concerning trends in training. Responses concern what categories of jobs get training, sources of training, use of interactive video, computers in training, types of training, types of training by industry, development and delivery of training, instructional methods, and specific types of training. (CT)
Descriptors: Computers, Delivery Systems, Information Sources, Interactive Video
Schapiro, Dennis – Training, 1985
Takes a look at the questions involved in designing customized training: What changes does management expect to see as the result of training? Who has information that must be included and excluded? How "customized" should the training be? and How will the training be delivered? (CT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Problem Solving, Program Content
McNamara, J. Regis – Training, 1980
TRAINS (Training, Resource, Assessment, Intervention, and Network System), which can assist trainers in developing programs with transfer elements in them, is described. It enables trainees to do what they were trained to do, when they are supposed to do it, and where they are supposed to do it through generalized training. (CT)
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Resources
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