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Farrington, Jeanne – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2011
Training transfer is a key concern for organizational stakeholders, training professionals, and researchers. Since Georgenson's (1982) article on transfer, his conversational gambit that only 10% of training transfers to performance on the job has been quoted often. This estimate suggests a low level of success with training programs in general,…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, On the Job Training, Context Effect, Job Performance
Jons, John A. R. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
How-to information for performing a skills audit is presented. Nine steps need to be performed in three separate phases: establish basic enabling skills data, compile the data, and summarize the data. A skills analysis can aid the training staff in deciding where to concentrate their instructional efforts. (CT)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Human Resources, Job Skills
Mockovak, William P. – 1983
While gathering the 1980 census, the U.S. Census Bureau tried several methods of improving its training of census interviewers. This paper covers three general areas of that experiment. First, it reviews bureau efforts to improve verbatim training and presents selected results from an alternative training experiment conducted in the 1980 census.…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Guides