Provides a framework for researching entrepreneurship and describes enterprise training as a complex conjunction of the learning cycles of trainer and client. The delivery of training is seen as a joint learning experience in which trainer and client search for different context-related outcomes. (SK)

A survey of human resource development practitioners received responses from Belgium (n=53, 26.5%), England (n=228, 13.1%), Northern Ireland (n=37, 11.2%), and Italy (n=105, 15%). Responses were compiled into a profile of roles and competencies that was then compared with similar surveys in the United States. (SK)

This article traces the development of the training officer's job from the early 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s by examining views, attitudes, and research in the field of training. It highlights major points of growth and suggests future areas of change necessary to enhance the credibility and effectiveness of training as a profession.…