Examines the three components which form the basis for designing and offering career transition workshops for employees at Goddard Space Flight Center: structuring support systems, providing cognitive information, and planning. (CT)

For a workshop to be successful, it must have characteristics such as organization, acceptable pace, well-defined objectives, and adequate facilities. Trainers court disaster if these are not present. Includes symptoms of dysfunctional behavior by participants, causes of this behavior, and strategies to deal with it. (JOW)

Describes the process of developing a procedures manual for federal court administrators: the draft was used as a "pretest" questionnaire and a workshop was conducted to train staff in the use of the manual. (SK)

Four authors discuss the benefits of using games and icebreakers in workshops and training situations and give examples. (JOW)

Describes a career/life planning program. Its elements include orientation to career/life planning; personal assessment and planning strategy workshops; and skills assessment. Evaluation procedures and results are included. (CT)

Discusses a cooperative effort between Gulf Oil Corporation and Chatham College in Pittsburgh to offer a career development program for women. Details the organization, content, and assessment of the program. (JOW)

Preretirement planning is examined from several different points of view: a representative from the American Association of Retired Persons, an employee services supervisor with a utility company, a manager of employee training, a vice-president of a bank, and a personal planning strategist. (CT)

The author focuses on one particular systems approach, succession planning, and the role of the manager in this process. The manager's role in a career counseling session is spelled out in several steps. The importance of training workshops is also examined. (CT)