Describes a positive seven-step process for initiating a whole organization development (WOD) effort. Steps include clarification of whole organization objectives, data gathering, diagnosis, prescribing interventions, commitment, implementation, and progress review. (CSS)

Presents a case study describing a program design model and implementation of a conference to facilitate the personal and professional growth of training and development professionals who have been working in the field for at least five years. (EM)

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)

The author highlights the enormity of waste due to ineffective business meetings, and describes techniques behavioral scientists have developed to cope with this perennial problem. A case study dramatizes how the techniques are applied. (Author)

To provide management students with practical learning experience, the authors use a practicum entitled the "culminating experience" as part of their management course. This approach combines variations on the case study method and the Delphi Technique with shared experiences of field practitioners. The method is adaptable for use in…

Asserts that an effective training technique would be to combine the case method approach with film-based simulation techniques. (DS)

Nontraditional, external degree components of the IPCD (Institute for Personal Career Development) packages are competency based in anticipation of the fulfillment of personal and career objectives rather than for the fulfillment of traditional classroom objectives. (ABM)