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Bassi, Laurie J.; Van Buren, Mark A. – Training and Development, 1997
Summarizes the results of the American Society for Training and Development Human Resource and Performance Management Survey of 1996 that examined the performance outcomes of downsizing and high performance work systems, explored the relationship between high performance work systems and downsizing, and asked whether some downsizing practices were…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Practices, Job Performance, Performance Factors
Bassi, Laurie J.; Van Buren, Mark E. – Training and Development, 1998
Displays responses from 540 organizations plus other recent surveys that show how much training is provided at what cost, types of courses provided, training staff, outsourcing, technological delivery methods, and human performance practices. Also looks at whether measures show that training is linked to performance. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Curriculum Development, Job Performance
Bassi, Laurie J.; And Others – Training and Development, 1996
Trends shaping the workplace are increased skill requirements; more educated, diverse work force; continued corporate restructuring; change in size and composition of training departments; instructional technology advances; new training delivery methods; focus on performance improvement; integrated high-performance work systems; companies becoming…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications, Job Layoff, Job Performance
Ahlstrand, Amanda L.; Bassi, Laurie J.; McMurrer, Daniel P. – 2003
The training being provided to low-wage workers, factors affecting the availability and effectiveness of such training, and training outcomes were examined. The major research activities were as follows: (1) identification of 192 employers that invested most heavily in training for low-wage workers; (2) telephone interviews with 40 of the 192…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
