Mager and Pipe's performance theory provides the framework for looking at the case study of a weave room supervisor. Applying this schematic, case study discussion becomes an effective training device in management development programs. (MW)

Report of an AMA study of the role of participants' expectations in management development and training. (Editor/MB)

Benefits from in-company training programs depend on the instructor's effectiveness, participant application of theory to practice, and the superior-subordinate relationship. The article focuses on such program to demonstrate results. (Author/JB)

Examines a training program to prepare managers for business, technical, and social changes facing them. (DS)

Thirty-seven universities, colleges, junior colleges, and institutes were surveyed in order to clarify the available forms of educational assistance in training and development. A "curriculum cube" describes program types (resulting from the study) along three dimensions: Program level, curriculum content, and housing of program. (TA)

The Management Training Program (MTP) in the business office at Purdue University has succeeded in helping to prepare women for professional managerial positions. The MTP is another step toward the optimization of human potentialities and resources as it utilizes the skills of both sexes. (KP)

To meet anticipated changes due to growth, the management training department developed an experimental program utilizing a system approach. A thorough evaluation of the program was carried out, and its results, including difficulties, are presented with suggestions for modifications of the approach. (BB)

Formalized training and education should be restricted to current job needs, and career development programs replaced with non-formal, voluntary, lifelong educational programs teaching analysis, synthesis, and conclusion-drawing and their application on the job. Goals are: tolerance for ambiguity, flexibility, and ability to operate under…

The project training design presented is an integrated approach to management development aimed at optimizing the transfer of training back to the work situation. This design combines some of the effective elements of classroom learning and job-based learning systems. (KP)