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Kaufman, Roger – Educational Technology, 2015
Human competence is a vital element for any organization that expects to survive and then thrive. Developing individual performance ability is necessary but not sufficient because trained people alone will not make an organization successful. We must determine what people should deliver and why it should be delivered in order to add measurable…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Capacity Building, Job Performance, Training Methods
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Jacob, W. James; Shiflett, K. Holly; Gaulee, Uttam; de Klaver, Lila; Lee, Che-Wei; Kamolpun, Somkiat; Okhidoi, Otgonjargal; Rattananuntapat, Malinee – Professional Development in Education, 2013
Professional organizations exist to provide specialized networking and development opportunities to a specific profession, group of individuals or field of study. These organizations are generally broad in scope and may have a wide range of interests among its members. To support specialized research and communication, smaller subgroups within the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Associations, Group Membership, Cooperation
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O'Loughlin, Marjorie – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2009
In this article, the author acknowledges the usefulness of pursuing the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) "narrative" by way of a more personal account of her own philosophical and professional development. In having the opportunity to read others' contributions prior to writing her own, the author has been able to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
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Taylor-Powell, Ellen; Boyd, Heather H. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
Evaluation capacity building, or ECB, is an area of great interest within the field of evaluation as well as in Extension evaluation. Internal Extension evaluators have long offered training and technical assistance to help Extension educators conduct evaluation. Today ECB in Extension encompasses myriad activities and processes to advance…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Models, Organizational Change, Logical Thinking
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Khandekar, Aradhana; Sharma, Anuradha – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show that the role of organizational learning is increasingly becoming crucial for organizational performance. Based on the study of three Indian global firms operating in National Capital Region of Delhi, India, this study explores the correlation of organizational learning with organizational performance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Organizational Development, Administrator Attitudes
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Garcia-Morales, V. J.; Lopez-Martin, F. J.; Llamas-Sanchez, R. – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
This article uses a global model to analyse empirically how the personal and professional development of educators (personal mastery) facilitates the creation of a series of basic shared values (shared vision) and of team learning by the members of the educational centre, these inter-related strategic factors favouring, in turn, educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Professional Development, Cooperative Learning
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Rossett, Allison; Donello, Jill Funderburg – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discusses knowledge management (KM), an organizational strategy that makes best practices and ideas widely available. Defines KM and presents two case studies that illustrate how a KM perspective might influence decisions and services in corporations. Discusses what performance and training professionals bring to KM and success factors of KM. (AEF)
Descriptors: Corporations, Knowledge Representation, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness
Brubaker, Dale L.; Coble, Larry D. – 1997
The term "derailment" refers to situations in which individuals fall short of their career goals or groups fail to meet their organizational objectives. This book sets forth strategies to prevent derailment, both at the individual and organizational level. Following the prologue in the form of a cautionary tale, chapter 1 provides self-assessment…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Career Development, Leadership Training
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Yamasaki, Erika – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Asserts that although popular and academic literature often distinguish leadership from management, the complex nature of the chair position requires competency in both areas. Chairs must not only fill administrative tasks, but they must also empower colleagues. Discusses how leadership theories can assist midlevel managers in becoming managerial…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Leadership, Leadership Training
Brown, John L. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004
Explore how high-level users of ASCD's Understanding by Design (UbD) have applied this best-selling framework to improve both student achievement and organizational effectiveness. Incorporating advice and guidelines from educators throughout the United States, John Brown gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how they leverage UbD principles to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Wood, Dan; Watson, Jason – 2002
In today's cut-throat economic climate, companies have to look more than ever for new ways of operating efficiently. When a company looks for ways of reducing its fixed expenditure it is inevitable that long-term investments, such as the budget allocated for training, will come under scrutiny first. As companies become leaner, and budgets become…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Corporate Education, Distance Education, Nontraditional Education
Silverman, Wade H. – 1999
This article reviews seven trends that were identified several years ago that have impacted the field of psychotherapy, especially such estimated changes as psycho-economics, managed care, wellness promotion, gender, and elderly care. Six new trends are described that are emerging and are leading the profession into the future: psychotherapy…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counselor Client Relationship, Cultural Pluralism, Gerontology
Bush, Robert N. – 1984
Beginning with the observation that educators are faced with rising public expectations, declining resources, and increased public criticism, this paper describes a six-fold model for determining how staff development is operating and how it can be made to operate more effectively, in a self-renewing manner. The six dimensions consist of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Fielding, Glen D.; Schalock, H. Del – 1985
This monograph highlights important findings and guidelines that have emerged from over a decade of research at the University of Oregon's Center for Educational Policy and Management (CEPM) concerning the continued professional development of school personnel. After a brief introduction, the booklet is divided into three sections. The first,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Inservice Education
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists
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