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Harmon, Paul; Evans, Kay – Training and Development Journal, 1984
Cognitive modeling works best when teaching overt, observable activities. The basic structure of a good cognitive program includes modeling, case study exercises, social reinforcement, and transfer of training. (JB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Modeling (Psychology), Skill Development, Training Methods
Jones, Kenneth H. – Training and Development Journal, 1984
This article identifies three types of training--cognitive, psychomotor, and affective--and states that a training which ignores one of these types of training may be deficient. The author cites an unfortunate parachuting program that neglected to include psychomotor skills. (JB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Motor Development, Psychomotor Objectives, Skill Development
Kaye, Beverly; Krantz, Shelley – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Training managers fully for the performance appraisal process can transform an appraisal discussion from an administrative exercise to a worthwhile experience that contributes to the organization as a whole. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Management Development, Personnel Evaluation, Skill Development, Supervisor Qualifications
White, Tod – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Focuses on nine major activity areas of training and development: analyzing needs and evaluating results, developing training programs and materials, delivering training and development programs and services, advising and counseling, managing training activities, maintaining organization relationships, researching to advance the training field,…
Descriptors: Activities, Job Skills, Leadership, Opinions
Feeney, Edward J. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Twelve ideas to produce technical training faster, make it longer lasting, and more cost effective are examined. They include performance improvement analysis, cause analysis, observing actual performance, concentrating more on the stimuli, considering alternatives to training, stating terminal behaviors for training programs, and using feedback…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Performance, Skill Development, Staff Development
Shaw, Malcolm E. – Training and Development Journal, 1981
Discusses the importance of a support system for effective selling, which is a management system reinforcing and supporting positive behavior and identifying desirable options, alternatives, and goals. (JOW)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Employer Employee Relationship, Modeling (Psychology), Sales Occupations
Odenwald, Sylvia – Training and Development Journal, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Employee Attitudes, Financial Needs, Preretirement Education
Varney, Glenn H. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Decrying the lack of professional standards, the author attempts to define an organizational development professional in terms of the personal traits, skills, and competencies needed. He outlines a learning sequence for skills development and presents a skills assessment scale for self-evaluation. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Job Analysis, Organizational Development, Professional Development
Wilkinson, Harry E.; Orth, Charles D. – Training and Development Journal, 1986
To ensure significant improvement in individual and organizational managerial effectiveness, the design and implementation of soft-skill management development programs need to address the six factors leading to change resistance and the five critical elements that contribute to success. These factors and elements are discussed in detail. (CT)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Job Skills, Management Development, Program Design
O'Brien, Bob – Training and Development Journal, 1980
The key ingredients in starting a new facility are the development and implementation of a training master plan. Other elements include specifically defined training objectives, trained supervisors to implement programs, and an evaluation process. A follow-up training procedure is necessary to ensure that learning continues. (SK)
Descriptors: Facilities, Facility Planning, Job Analysis, Job Training
Laird, Dugan – Training and Development Journal, 1980
The author claims that excellence will return to the workplace when every organization, corporate and bureaucratic, and when academia and associations offer professional, technical, and skills training for their own members. Discusses the quest for professionalism, and why accountability should be considered an element of professionalism. (CT)
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Aid, Professional Development, Professional Training
Carnevale, Anthony Patrick – Training and Development Journal, 1986
The author discusses various aspects of training and development: formal job-related training and development, the behavioral/cognitive split in informal learning on the job, workplace training inside and out, costs and benefits of workplace learning, and forces accounting for growth and decline in the training and development function in…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Nonformal Education, On the Job Training, Retraining
Trost, Arty; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Two articles discuss successful transfer of training. In the first, Arty Trost recommends focusing on needs assessment, training design, and program delivery. Dana and James Robinson, in the second article, suggest eliminating barriers in the work environment--in learners, supervisors, and the organization--to guarantee that new skills are used on…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Organizational Climate, Program Design, Program Effectiveness
DiPaolo, Anthony J.; Patterson, Amos C. – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Skillful instructors in combination with well-designed and appropriate training programs are critical links in improving employee performance and increasing organizational productivity. Training directors use a variety of strategies to prepare competent, confident, and resourceful instructors. The author presents the essential factors to be…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Professional Training
Bittel, Lester R.; Ramsey, Jackson E. – Training and Development Journal, 1983
The authors argue that management can make meaningful decisions about supervisory selection, training, and development only after classifying supervisors and comparing their activities. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Educational Background, Management Development, Skill Development
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