This article presents evaluative criteria guidelines for the process of human resource development. These guidelines discuss the importance of considering the following aspects: Relevant needs, clear objectives, accomplishment, uniqueness, flexibility, skill orientation, professional leadership, future perspective, a value system, evaluation of an…

The application of modern day psychology to self-image development is seen as a necessary prerequisite to the solution of people problems. (Author)

The article focuses on why the success of career development is largely dependent on the manager knowing how to develop subordinates. This is being accomplished through an advisory system by providing managers multiple leadership/education/training alternatives for specific developmental needs. (Author/BP)

Provides guidelines for the instructor's personal conduct and group control. Suggestions for instructor conduct include start on time, look and act like an instructor, speak to be understood, and be prepared. Group control focuses on silent individuals, monopolizers, and sidetrackers. (CSS)

Discusses the role of human resource development professionals in managing learning resources. The author examines learning resources that exist in a corporation, resources that optimize human growth and development within the system (such as line supervisors, printed materials, work groups), and the use of learning contracts to make learning…

If employee development is to reach its dynamic potential in the corporate world, corporations should adopt a lifelong learning approach which considers individual employee growth. Five essential steps to consider when initiating a corporate development program are presented. (WL)

Describes an aid in making managers more effective in technical and leadership problems. (Editor)

The author discusses his belief that the emphasis on competency-based, outcome-oriented curricula serves two purposes: (1) it recruits students who also believe in this educational theory; and (2) it provides a framework within which "unlearning" and more significant personal learning can take place. (CT)

Assertiveness training involves pursuing personal goals, protecting individual rights, and achieving results without violating the rights of others. (ABM)

The author discusses the following five primary elements which he considers as constituting the professional development process: Work assignment, coaching and supervision, career planning, education, and outside pursuits. A conceptual structure for describing professional development goals is also outlined. (TA)

Author compares his philosophy on training which heheld twelve years ago with that he believes currently. (RK)

Training methods which affect the mind, body consciousness, values, and purpose of life, according to this article, include biofeedback, extrasensory perception, Yoga, transcendental meditation, and Zen. The article describes some elements common to these systems, lists a number of the systems with their costs, and gives some considerations in…

Contemporary training programs should be free of false assumptions and focus on individual growth and those functions that support every training effort: manpower development with planned direction, relevant training tied to a career path determining real needs through pretraining research, and performance measurement. (Author/BP)

Positive behavioral changes took place as a result of a program developing the supervisor-manager dialogue that is work-related. (RK)

The system works by giving the new sales person a list of functions to be learned and a list of learning resources, and by reaching an agreement on objectives and measurement, and finally by having him or her develop a personal training program. (MW)