Describes a curriculum planning approach that employs a systematic process for identifying alleged training needs, investigating the case in a preproject study, setting priorities, and adopting a project list and budget. Discusses the makeup and roles of the curriculum planning council and professional planning staff. Provides a problem…

Reports on a conference sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development to analyze and compare existing academic programs for human resource development (HRD) professionals and identify ways to shape and define further the training and development/HRD field. (SK)

Presents results of a survey of the domestic membership of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, which indicated that organization development (OD) is becoming a regular part of the curriculum in college level business schools. Ten tables indicating various aspects of OD growth in business school curricula are included. (TA)

The article deals with the efforts of nine different countries to overcome the problems of job obsolescence due to automation and the education and training of youth to fit the needs of the times. (EK)

Consists of two articles that (1) suggest use of the Delphi method for eliciting the recommendations of experts on the content of a meaningful and timely course of study for education and training programs and (2) discuss the importance of linking training evaluation to the processes of design and implementation. (JOW)

Offers a step-by-step guide to course design and development. Includes information on design basics, underlying objectives, course description, evaluation, standards, recordkeeping, and administration. (JOW)

Discusses the problem that quite often unusually qualified personnel from the academic standpoint are unprepared for administrative positions and can only solve these problems by way of the trying school of experience and its attendant mistakes. The author offers a system to develop various abilities to achieve solution of this problem. (EK)

Describes an approach to bridging the gap between a packaged computer-based training program and desired course goals and objectives. (JOW)

This article focuses on how the training dollar is spent, by line item, within a cost model structure. Items discussed include instruction, travel and per diem, instructional material, facility use, administrator salary and fringe, organization costs, and lost salary time. Use of the model for cost analysis also is examined. (CT)

The author provides a description of industrial training for 1974 in terms of training techniques, course development, and facilities for training. That description is presented in terms of a letter written in 1974, placed in a time capsule, and reviewed in the year 2024. (KP)

Examines criteria useful in deciding which instructional strategy is optimally appropriate for a given training program. Topics include instructional strategy and training design, curriculum-oriented criteria, organization need and environment, behavioral goals, and nature of the learner, objectives, and curriculum. (TA)