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Training Top 125
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Training, 2012
The best learning and development organizations support business initiatives tactically "and" help drive strategic change. Verizon did just that, earning it the No. 1 spot for the first time on the Training Top 125. Verizon and the other 2012 Top 125 winners continued to invest in training, collectively dedicating a mean of 4.52 percent of their…
Descriptors: Training, Leadership, Tuition, Labor Force Development
Strategies for Success
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Training, 2012
"Training" magazine taps 2012 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. In this article Robin Connolly (The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.), Michael Pico (Caesars Entertainment Corporation), Krishawna Henderson (Caesars Entertainment Corporation), Tara Bodine…
Descriptors: Job Training, Workplace Learning, Best Practices, Success
Fast Track to Success: Top Young Trainers 2012
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Freifeld, Lorri – Training, 2012
Supercharged. High-performers. Leaders of the pack. This article presents "Training" magazine's 2012 Top Young Trainers--those high-potential training professionals who are on the fast track to success. For the fifth year, "Training" magazine is pleased to recognize the outstanding talents, accomplishments, and leadership exhibited by 40 learning…
Descriptors: Profiles, Evaluation Criteria, Role Models, Best Practices
Front-End Analysis
Littledale, Harold – Training, 1975
An interview with Joe Harless, President of the Harless Performance Guild, on the much talked about technique of evaluating training packages, called front-end analysis. (BP)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Job Training
Management Development: A Training Evaluation Model
Chabotar, Kent J. – Training, 1974
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Management Development
Great Expectations.
Simpson, Liz – Training, 2002
Training professionals are looking for alternative approaches to measure the effectiveness of training. The latest methods include return on expectations and return on knowledge. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Training
Simplifying ROI.
Hassett, James – Training, 1992
Four steps to analysis of training investment are (1) determine the information the organization needs; (2) use the simplest and least-expensive method for finding the information; (3) perform the analysis as quickly as possible; and (4) publish and circulate the results. (SK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Investment, Outcomes of Education
How to Do a Needs Assessment When You Think You Don't Have the Time.
Zemke, Ron – Training, 1998
When training must be delivered quickly, needs assessment remains crucial despite time pressures. Quick ways to conduct needs assessment include interviews with key staff, analysis of information gathered for other purposes, and use of the World Wide Web. (SK)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Needs Assessment
Using 'Utilization' to Measure Training Results.
Grenough, John L.; Dixon, Roy W. – Training, 1982
Two different approaches to measuring the results of training programs are described: (1) direct results measurement and (2) measuring results retrospectively. A sample mail survey to measure utilization of training is included. (CT)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Outcomes of Education, Surveys
Yes, You Can Measure the Business Results of Training.
Bregman, Peter; Jacobson, Howie – Training, 2000
The most important result of training is the satisfaction of customers who deal with trainees when they return to their jobs. Customer reaction sheets are easy and inexpensive to create, administer, tabulate, and interpret. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
The Four Crucial Phases of Evaluation
Mirsberger, Gerald E. – Training, 1974
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Interviews
Evaluating Trainers: In Search of the Perfect Method.
Caldwell, Robert M.; Marcel, Marvin – Training, 1985
Examines Southwestern Bell's Interdepartmental Training Center's program of providing objective evaluations of trainers and the training process. Elements that are discussed include the evaluation format, the form of the evaluation instrument and its emphasis, the validation process, and refinements to the system. (CT)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Teacher Evaluation, Test Construction
The Trainer's Other Job: Analyzing Organizational Performance
Becker, Stephen – Training, 1977
Provides an improvement strategy summary for organizational performance analysis, including use of financial performance indicators and reality testing results, analysis of behavior and nonbehavioral causes, solutions to causes in priority order, and determination of required training. (LAS)
Descriptors: Business, Evaluation Methods, Job Training, Organizational Development
Scientific "Proof" that Your Training Program Works: How to Develop Statistical Evidence Your Management Will Buy
Novack, Stanley R. – Training, 1976
A statistical method, Fishers Table of t (or t ratio), is used to determine the statistical significance of a comparison of results from pretests and post-tests of knowledge and skill taken by training program participants. A statistically significant improvement can demonstrate training effectiveness. (MS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Pretesting