Describes a field test conducted by the North Carolina Office of Day Care Services to examine the relative merits of telecommunications and traditional training in a realistic setting. Compares costs, time needed for training, and trainees' attitudes. Also discusses location of teleconference centers, content development, frequency of delivery,…

Various types of human resource accounting systems are described and analyzed: asset models, expense models, the utility formula, cost/benefit analysis, and a comprehensive program design. Steps in this last design (e.g., review all jobs in the organization, analyze training needs for targeted jobs, determine training programs that have the…

Eight rules for dealing with the new training technologies in the late twentieth century are described. They concern rising costs, choosing the right training technologies, support services, courseware, resource allocations, facilities planning, in-house training, and program sharing. (For parts I and II see CE 512 535.) (CT)