NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Organizational Learning: A Review of the Literature with Implications for HRD Professionals.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dixon, Nancy M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1992
A model of organizational learning includes information acquisition, information distribution/interpretation, meaning making, organizational memory, and information retrieval. Human resource development professionals have techniques for increasing competence in individuals, but they must also do so for organizations. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Models
A Handbook for Training Strategy.
Sloman, Martyn – 1994
This handbook introduces a new training model that reflects the complexity of organizational life, changes in the human resources (HR) function, and the need to involve line management. Part I outlines the new context in which training must be delivered. It discusses the changing organizational requirements for training and the changing position…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods
Strategic HRD.
1997
This document contains four papers from a symposium on strategic human resource development (HRD). "Examination of the Use of Scenarios as Learning and Decision-Making Tools for Human Resource Development" (Roger F. Miller, Susan A. Lynham, Joanne Provo, Jeanne M. St. Claire) explores the potential value of scenarios as learning and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Making Quality Sense: A Guide to Quality, Tools and Techniques, Awards and the Thinking Behind Them.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Owen, Jane – 2002
This document is intended to guide further education colleges and work-based learning providers through some of the commonly used tools, techniques, and theories of quality management. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) various ways of defining quality; methods used by organizations to achieve quality (quality control, quality…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Benchmarking, Brainstorming, Colleges
Resourcing the Training and Development Function. IES Report.
Carter, A.; Hirsh, W.; Aston, J. – 2002
A study explored current practice in organizing and resourcing training and development (T&D) using survey responses from over 100 major private and public sector employers and case studies of T&D functions in 6 organizations. Business drivers for T&D were senior management as customers; diagnosis of training as "the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Corporate Education, Developed Nations
The Workplace Learner: How to Align Training Initiatives with Individual Learning Competencies.
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
The E-Learning Revolution: How Technology Is Driving a New Training Paradigm.
Sloman, Martyn – 2002
This book, which is written from the perspective of a practicing human resources manager, presents 17 case studies illustrating how technology is driving a new training paradigm. The case studies support 21 propositions regarding training in the e- learning (electronic learning) revolution, including the following:(1) the Internet changes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies