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Stewart, Valerie; Stewart, Andrew – Industrial Training International, 1972
The authors, both psychologists employed by a large British company, examine some of the difficulties that can occur when the training department of an organization is asked to train managers in the use of an appraisal program. (Editor/AN)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Industrial Training
Chabotar, Kent J. – Training, 1974
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Management Development
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Smith, Alison J.; Piper, John A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1990
Reviews the history and theory of evaluation of management training and development. Assesses the state of the art of evaluation techniques and instruments, discussing how the focus, scope, and purpose of evaluation affect the choice of method. Presents a systematic model of evaluation and a model of results-oriented human resource development.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Management Development
Ayres, R. J. – BACIE Journal, 1974
A commentary on two experimental gatherings organized by BACIE to bring together experienced trainers from industry and commerce and to promote an interchange of ideas and problems in specific areas of training. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Institutional Role, Management Development
Elsbree, Asia Rial; Howe, Christine – Training and Development Journal, 1977
This last article in a series on a process for the evaluation of training programs covers the "implementation" phase. The article presents a dramatization of the decisions and actions involved in evaluating a supervisory training program, with a flow chart for the entire evaluation process and several rating figures. (MF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
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Brinkerhoff, Robert O., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Seven papers are presented that demonstrate new directions and practices in the evaluation of training programs. Different perspectives and approaches are represented, but in each case the evaluation described has been successful in making trainers more effective and accountable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Business, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1972
This is the fifth annual report of Employee Training in the Federal Service. The report contains five sections. Section I discusses developments in several major areas of interest during 1971, including the increased emphasis on improved training management, the continuation of executive development and upward mobility, and labor relations…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Federal Government
GRIEG, F.W.; MEADE, J.P.D. – 1966
THE SUPERVISORY TRAINING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES ADVOCATED IN THIS BOOKLET INVOLVE JOB ANALYSIS, APPRAISAL BY BOTH MANAGERS AND TRAINEES, AND CAREFULLY PLANNED TRAINING ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP BASIS. JOB ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED BY OBSERVATION, INTERVIEWS AND OTHER MEANS, AND WILL BE AIMED AT IDENTIFYING NEEDED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Needs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
GLASER, ROBERT – 1966
THIS CHAPTER IN A LARGER WORK ON INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY DEALS LARGELY WITH THE NEED TO SPECIFY TRAINING OBJECTIVES THROUGH JOB ANALYSIS, USES OF TESTING IN TRAINEE SELECTION, TRAINING VARIABLES AND LEARNING PROCESSES, TRAINING TECHNOLOGY (MAINLY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION), THE EVALUATION OF PROFICIENCY, THE VALUE OF…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training
RUMMLER, GEARY A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE COMPENDIUM OF CASE HISTORIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DESCRIBES ATTEMPTS BY GRADUATES OF A PROGRAMING WORKSHOP TO SOLVE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS. AREAS OF DISCUSSION ARE--BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, THE PROGRAMING PROCESS, CONTRACT (CUSTOM-MADE) PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavior Change, Business, Case Studies
Boud, David, Ed. – 1998
This book contains nine papers on current issues and new agendas in workplace learning in Australia. The first paper, "A New Focus on Workplace Learning Research" (David Boud), examines the rise of interest in and conceptions of workplace learning. The next three papers focus on different conceptions of workplace learning: "Fusing…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
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Holton, Elwood F., III, Ed. – 1995
This document contains papers from 23 of 25 symposia held at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conference. Keynote speeches, symposium 6, and symposium 25 are not included. The 23 symposia are on the following topics: (1) HRD town forum; (2) core directions in HRD; (3) university instruction in HRD; (4) evaluation in HRD; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Context Effect, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
Jacobs, Ronald L. – 2003
This book presents detailed guidelines for conducting structured on-the-job training (S-OJT), which is training based on the premise that OJT can be structured and planned so as to produce more predictable and reliable training outcomes. Together, the book's 15 chapters systematically examine the topics of meeting the demand for employee…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Torraco, Richard J., Ed. – 1998
These proceedings begin with the schedule, conference committee membership lists, and detailed agenda of the 1998 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which explored the relationship between learning and performance. Presented next are papers grouped by the conference's 35 symposium topics, which are as follows: university…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style