Describes an on-the-job training program that contains seven major steps: obtain executive support, identify departments relevant to the target job, develop performance competency lists and measures, determine a training schedule for each trainee, assign a mentor to each trainee, develop a training manual, and develop a trainee and supervisor…

First discusses some features of the Metric Conversion Act which established federal support of metric system usage in the United States. Then covers the following: what HRD (Human Resources Development) specialists can do to assist their company managers during the conversion process; metric training strategies; and how to prepare for metric…

Proposes four training steps: (1) management expresses commitment to system implementation, (2) organizational levels increase awareness, (3) managers/metric coordinators receive special training, and (4) staff receives implementation training. Discusses five program elements: awareness and metric update, international units system, functional…

When AVCO Financial Services, a national multibranch financial company, decided to convert from manual to computerized operations, a training program for employees was developed to implement the changeover. The program design, trainer training seminars, and a forty-five-day preconversion training period are described. (MF)