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Development of a Workplace Wellness Promotion Pilot Framework: A Case Study of the Blue Care Staff Wellness Program
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Machen, Roxanne; Cuddihy, Thomas F.; Reaburn, Peter; Higgins, Helen – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
Workplace wellness initiatives are currently unreflective of the multidimensional and holistic nature of the wellness construct. There exists an opportunity for promoters of health to move toward models of workplace wellness promotion that more fully appreciate the interconnected nature of health dimensions and promote them even-handedly. The Blue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wellness, Health Education, Health Promotion
Beyond Instruction. Comprehensive Program Planning for Business and Education. Jossey-Bass Business and Management Series.
Rothwell, William J.; Cookson, Peter S. – 1997
This book introduces key issues in program planning as practiced in business and educational settings. Two chapters in part 1 introduce two foundational models--Lifelong Education Program Planning (LEPP) model and Contingency-Based Program Planning--and provide background on models designed by Houle, Knowles, Boyle, and Nadler. Parts 2-5 focus on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Job Training, Lifelong Learning, Needs Assessment
Teacher/Ethnographer in the Workplace: Approaches to Staff Development.
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Gee, Mary Kay; Ullman, Charlotte – 1998
Use of ethnographic methods to assess learning and staff development needs for workplace adult education programs is discussed, focusing on the teacher's role as ethnographic researcher. Four stages of ethnographic research are identified: (1) open-ended, inductive study; (2) structured observation; (3) analysis; and (4) speculation and sharing of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Data Collection, Educational Needs
Competency Development for Principals.
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1986
This paper describes two conceptual models for addressing long-range development needs of principals. The first, a job competency model for managing productive schools, presents a comprehensive view of the central job tasks of the principal for stretching the school's capacity to influence achievement norms. Changing the school's work norms…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Competence
High-Impact Training Solutions: Top Issues Troubling Trainers.
Burke, Lisa A., Ed. – 2001
Designed for front-line training professionals, this book addresses the most pressing issues in the training and development field (T&D). "Introduction" (Lisa A. Burke) discusses the importance of viewing training as a subsystem of human resources, training as a systematic process, and indicators of high impact training.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Technology, Human Resources, Job Skills
Human Capital: Building the Information Technology Workforce To Achieve Results. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Walker, David M. – 2001
The Comptroller General of the United States testified before Congress regarding the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) framework for building the information technology (IT) work force to achieve results. The following were among the key points of his testimony: (1) the federal government is facing pervasive human capital challenges that are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Role, Adult Education, Adult Learning