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Download full textPalmer, Teresa M. – 1985
A study examined the nature and extent of programs and course offerings available in the United States to prepare education and training professionals and analyzed the offerings in terms of a 1983 study done by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Colleges and accredited business schools from across the country were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Coordination, Curriculum
Folinsbee, Sue; Jurmo, Paul – 1994
This handbook, which is intended for educators, managers, and union leaders responsible for workplace development, outlines a four-phase collaborative approach to assessing a work organization's overall education needs and specifying a range of activities to meet the identified needs. Discussed in the introduction are the purposes of the handbook,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Cooperative Planning
2000
Vocational education and training (VET) has a fundamental role to play in enabling Australia's successful transition to the information economy. Competitive advantage can be supported by intelligent competition and creative collaboration. Governments have played the fundamental role in building a coordinated VET system in Australia and in helping…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Developed Nations, Educational Cooperation
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on organizations in transition that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Human Resource Development in an Industry in Transition: The Case of the Russian Banking Sector" (Alexander Ardichvili, Alexander Gasparishvili) reports on a study…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Education
Ngok, Lee; Lam, Agnes – 1994
This book, which is based on several first-hand studies, provides an overview of professional and continuing education in Hong Kong and examines selected issues in the field. The following chapters are included: "Preface" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "Introduction" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "The Role of Government in Human Resource…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Consortia
2001
This document contains three papers on global knowledge transfer issues and human resource development (HRD). "Indigenizing Knowledge Transfer" (Gary N. McLean) explores examples of HRD in which ethnocentric perspectives predominate and argues that, unless a HRD develops a global perspective, efforts to transfer knowledge within academia…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis
Davis, Dent C. – 1997
This document is a handbook for adult education professionals to follow when beginning or expanding learning programs to meet the needs of stakeholders at a particular workplace. The handbook presents a seven-step model that is based on the findings of several research and demonstration programs. Each of the handbook's seven chapters details one…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
