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Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2012
Any organization with a comprehensive training program has a leadership development curriculum. These programs include everything from conventional classroom learning with guest speakers to high-tech simulations and lavish retreats. There also may be mentorship thrown in, as well as multiple job rotations. Despite the well-rounded curricula, many…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management Development
Clegg, William H. – Training and Development Journal, 1987
Describes a survey of 43 Fortune 500 industrial corporations on management training. Results include the finding that evaluation of training programs is not up to the desired standard. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Objectives, Management Development
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Badger, Beryl; Sadler-Smith, Eugene; Michie, Edwin – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1997
Responses from 54 of 100 British companies showed that those who use outdoor management development programs believe them effective for personal, team, and leadership development. However, these conclusions seem based more on anecdote and intuition than empirical evidence. (SK)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Outdoor Education
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Conger, Jay A.; Xin, Katherine – Journal of Management Education, 2000
Executives from 25 firms described forces changing execu5tive education in the following areas: learning needs, content, teaching methods, instructors, participant mix, and organizational integrating mechanisms. Program assessment is weak, learning needs must shift to a global ecosystem focus, and educators should anticipate and train for future…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Futures (of Society)
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Priest, Simon; And Others – Journal of Experiential Education, 1993
Calls for further research evaluating corporate adventure training (CAT) programs. Reviews activities and benefits associated with CAT, summarizes studies conducted on the efficacy of CAT programs, describes appropriate research designs for investigating how and why CAT programs work, and addresses barriers to producing meaningful research. (LP)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Experiential Learning, Management Development
Foster, Irene M. – 1998
A study was conducted to determine the nature and extent of continuing education and management training programs used by apparel retail companies and to document program content, objectives, methods, assessment techniques, and evaluation procedures. Information was gathered through qualitative research, using the multiple-case study method, with…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Corporate Education, Fashion Industry, Management Development
Priest, Simon – 1996
Experience-based training and development (EBTD), also known as Outdoor Management Development (OMD) in Great Britain and corporate adventure training (CAT) in Canada and Australia, is a field that uses adventure activities to bring beneficial change to organizations, primarily corporations. Activities used in EBTD and CAT programs include…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
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Irani, Tracy A.; Lundy, Lisa; Turner, R. Elaine; Percival, Susan S.; Nieves, C.; Sharf, Tracie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Distance education has been at the forefront of forging unique partnerships to facilitate learning. The purpose of this case study was to describe a business-education collaboration between General Nutrition Corporation, Inc. and the University of Florida, involving a series of online courses in introductory nutrition. Utilizing a competency-based…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Competency Based Education, Nutrition, Partnerships in Education
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on evaluating the impact of human resource development (HRD). "The Politics of Program Evaluation and the Misuse of Evaluation Findings" (Hallie Preskill, Robin Lackey) discusses the status of evaluation theory, evaluation as a political activity, and the findings from a survey on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Corporate Education, Corporations
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Mulder, Martin, Ed. – 1996
This document contains 7 of the 10 papers presented at the 1995 program of the American Educational Research Association's special interest group, Training in Business and Industry. The following papers are included: "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Evaluation and Training" (Jo D. Gallagher); "Comparing Managers and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship