Four ideas to improve the results of training are: choose students carefully, utilize pre-training preparation, be supportive, and employ a scheduled follow-up and evaluation. (Author/BP)

The training office has to sell management on the most beneficial kind of training; the attitude of the training office toward its programs influences their chances of acceptance. (Author/AJ)

Even when one of its plants was phased out, the Union Carbide Corp. Program continued with regular training programs and also put two additional programs into motion: Training for employees who would be re-entering the job market and training for employees eligible for retirement benefits. (ABM)

Home study (correspondence study) is being used in industry and business to improve employee retention and increase job proficiency. (ABM)

Discusses the importance of a support system for effective selling, which is a management system reinforcing and supporting positive behavior and identifying desirable options, alternatives, and goals. (JOW)

An increasing number of free agent or self-directed learners are getting their education outside their companies. As a result, they demand more of their corporate training departments and expect more from their jobs and companies. (JOW)

Asserts that a large part of the labor pool from which businesses draw employees is poorly educated. Suggests that a good way to get help is to create strategic alliances with government agencies and private organizations. Presents examples of an alliance that was formed to address labor deficiencies in South Carolina. (JOW)