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Lantos, Hannah; Habteselasse, Sham; Moore, Kristin Anderson – Child Trends, 2021
Young adults' individual needs often differ from those of their peers in both minor and significant ways, and no single workforce training program model will meet the needs of all participants. While the workforce training system can best meet young people's various employment training needs through a vibrant network of partners and services, many…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Staff Development
Lantos, Hannah; Hanft, Sam; DeMand, Alex; Redd, Zakia; Moore, Kristin A. – Child Trends, 2021
The majority of youth and young adults in the United States who are out of work are youth of color. To better reach and support all participants, many workforce development programs are increasingly embedding a racial and ethnic equity and inclusion (REEI) approach into job skills training initiatives. Launched by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Adult Education
Hambley, Ann; Howard, Ursula – Adults Learning (England), 1995
A further education college for adults used Britain's Investors in People program to improve staff development opportunities for part-time staff. The process necessitated balancing the tension between academic culture and the language of adult education on the one hand and the business/enterprise ethos of the IP program on the other. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Labor Force Development

Garavan, Thomas N. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1997
Describes distinctions between learning, training, development, and education and illustrates how different models of human resource management/development influence their meaning. Concludes that training, development, and education are an integrated whole linked by the concept of learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Definitions, Human Resources
Taggart, Robert – Workforce, 1993
The job training system needs to emphasize the basic and functional skills; it needs competency standards and certifications; advanced training should be vouchered; individuals should be tracked over time; and staff development is critical. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Certification, Job Training
Nadler, Leonard – 1983
Human resource development (HRD) and productivity are allies; they are synergistic. Productivity can be defined as an increase of output with no increase in input. An increase in productivity can be accomplished in the workplace through speed-up or capital investment. When productivity improvements are introduced, the philosophy of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Industrial Training, Inservice Education, Job Layoff
Montgomery, Joel R. – 1996
Andersen Consulting is a global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to boost clients' success by teaching them to link strategy, people, processes, and technology. Andersen's professional development program for its own 41,000-person global work force is designed to help adults learn to deliver value to global…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Case Studies, Corporate Education
Noonan, Peter; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
Debates on skill shortages and the aging of the population have markedly increased the attention given to Vocational Education and Training (VET) and to Technical and Further Education (TAFE). New roles for VET include new products, pedagogy and partnerships with industry, all with implications for staff development. TAFE has particular…
Descriptors: Employment, Indigenous Populations, Adult Education, Vocational Education
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1995
New ways to learn at work draw upon workers' previous experiences, link concepts and practices, and encourage reflection and the transfer of knowledge from one situation to another. Action, situated, and incidental learning are three current approaches. Action learning is a systematic process through which individuals learn by doing. It has been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Incidental Learning, Labor Force Development
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on enhancing workgroup performance in human resource development (HRD). "Formation of Cross-Cultural Global Teams: Making Informed Choices on Team Composition" (Robert L. Dilworth) describes how a mixed class of U.S. and international students identified their cultural and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Research, Human Resources
Nadler, Leonard – 1982
Human resources, together with physical and financial resources, are the three most important means of success available to the manager of an organization. The human resource is the most crucial element for achieving productivity, but it is also the most difficult to manipulate. Alienation in the workplace is one cause of low productivity. Factors…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Alienation, Employee Attitudes
Thornton, Carl L. – 1984
Course evaluation data can be a meaningful resource to improve the human resource development (HRD) practitioner's decision making. Recommended properties of an effective evaluation form are separation of the overall evaluation from the evaluation of specific aspects; a one-to-nine rating scale; strong, explicit verbal anchors on the rating scale;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Data Processing, Decision Making
USOE Region III Adult Education Staff Development Project. First Annual Report: July 1972-June 1973.
Maryland Univ., College Park. Conferences and Institutes Div. – 1973
The project was conceived to create a permanent regional staff development system for education of adults. Staff needs were determined by each State in the region (District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) through a survey. The survey also provided information about unique resources and approaches that could be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Guidelines, Labor Force Development

1996
These four papers were presented at a symposium on human resource development (HRD) and business outcomes moderated by Barbara L. Swanson at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. "Incorporating Continuous Learning into a Cultural Change Process" (Carol Ann Zulauf, Joseph A. Ilacqua), focuses on best practices at…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compliance (Legal), Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Eppley, George; Mackie, Laurence – 1979
Cuyahoga Community College has proposed to create a Manpower Training Program, within its Lifelong Learning Institute, that will offer academic and practical courses in all aspects of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) planning, administration, and operations for CETA program staff. The program is to be organized around a set of core…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges