According to "Training" magazine's annual Salary Survey of 867 readers, training salaries took a big hit in 2009-2010, plunging an average of $2,334. The average increase in salary in the last 12 months (not including a promotion or change of employer) continued to nosedive, coming in at 2.43 percent in 2009-2010 vs. 3.08 the year before.…

Gives statistics on the number of hours devoted to formal training for employees in various job categories. Also examines those courses most often and least often offered to employees across various industries. (JB)

Discusses the role of the Office of Personnel Management in monitoring federal training programs. Offers data on training programs in several agencies, but admits to a wide margin of error and discusses problems involved in collecting data. (JB)

A survey asked respondents to identify the U.S. companies or organizations that do the best job of training and developing their employees, and which industries do the best and worst jobs of employee development. Respondents also identified the 10 most admired training consultants. (JB)

Suggests that the term "training" does not cover all the functions of the professionals working in human resources development. Advocates use of the term "performance management," illustrated as a department with five divisions: (1) training, (2) feedback, (3) contingency management, (4) job engineering, and (5) organization development. (CH)

Analyzes the recent strong recovery of the seminar business, tracing it to renewed interest and the general economic recovery. Attempts to provide planning information for hardware, off-the-shelf materials, custom-design, outside services, and seminar/conferences budgets. (JB)

Room structure, decor, and furnishings and equipment are major environmental factors that have an impact upon meeting participants. Advice is given on designing a conference room that facilitates learning and provides a setting where a group can be enclosed comfortably and productively for the major portion of a working day. (Author/AJ)

In the face of a culturally changing work force, there is a need to retrain managers to supervise, develop, and retain workers from different cultural backgrounds. Retraining should include information on (1) stereotypes and assumptions, (2) unwritten rules, (3) membership, and (4) cultural differences. (CH)

The cost advantages of an in-hospital training program for nurses in coronary care were demonstrated by the experience of in-service trainers at North Central Kansas City Memorial Hospital, Missouri. (BP)

The author presents results from a survey of organizations with 100 or more employees, regarding formal training programs. Information is provided on hours of training for workers in nine types of jobs. Data on instructional methods, types of training, and use of computers in training are also included. (CH)

A professor of adult and community college education at North Carolina State University, Malcolm Knowles, expresses his views on adult learning in interview form. According to Knowles inservice management development and industrial training programs, as well as public school and college programs, require a process structure of learning…

Described is the carefully designed, 18-month, four-phase program developed by Royal Typewriter to train salespeople to become effective sales managers. Traditional management selection procedures have been discarded, and every successful salesperson is permitted to evaluate management as a career and to exhibit his development potential. (AJ)

The author describes the behavior modeling program for supervisors at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. The program involves writing scripts to model supervisory behavior in problem situations, videotaping the behavior, and evaluating supervisory learning from before-and-after tapes. (MF)

Presents results of a mail survey of sales managers. The survey asked three questions: (1) What organizational factors are adversely affecting your performance as sales manager? (2) What factors are adversely affecting your salespeoples' performance? and (3) What skills do you personally need to improve? (CSS)