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Pottinger, Paul S. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1979
New ways of identifying and measuring competency are needed to assure that the ability to perform competently is the determining factor in licensing and certification of professionals. Primary concern should be given to the assessment and evaluation of professional performance outcomes. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Certification, Competence, Credentials
Download full textMcKinney, Floyd L., Ed.; Harvey, Beth, Ed. – 1978
The valid interpretation of information related to the outcomes of vocational education is a persistent and profound problem of the profession. Some of the reasons for this problem are difficulties of communication, problems of definition, problems of collecting and interpreting data, and lack of documentation. The primary problem appears to be…
Descriptors: Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
PDF pending restorationComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2000
This document presents and discusses a self-assessment checklist that the General Accounting Office (GAO) developed to enable agency leaders to examine their human capital efforts through a process consisting of the following stages: analyze and plan; implement change; and evaluate and continuously improve. The preface defines the term "human…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Learning, Check Lists, Definitions
Carter, Alison; Robinson, Dilys – 2000
This document is a practical guide that demonstrates how human resource (HR) professionals can use performance measurement to link HR to organizational strategy and business objectives, and thereby raise the profile of HR within their organization. The following are among the topics examined: (1) the strategic context of measurement (the role…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
2001
This document contains three papers on issues in evaluation. "Evaluation of the Method of Modeling: A Case Study of the Finnish Steel Industry" (Ville Nurmi) describes the method of modeling as an educational strategy to support both specific goal-directed transformative learning focused on work process and learning in workplaces, and it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Automation, Case Studies
Heneman, Robert L., Ed.; Greenberger, David B., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 14 papers on human resources (HR) and human resource management (HRM) in virtual organizations. The following papers are included: "Series Preface" (Rodger Griffeth); "Volume Preface" (Robert L. Heneman, David B. Greenberger); "The Virtual Organization: Definition, Description, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Garrick, John – 1998
This book examines the rhetoric surrounding the notion of informal learning in order to expand debate about the uses of informal learning in workplaces and about attempts to "recognize" it through competency-based standards. The following topics are among those discussed in the book's eight chapters: (1) the nature of informal learning…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Competence
