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DiPaolo, Anthony J.; Patterson, Amos C. – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Skillful instructors in combination with well-designed and appropriate training programs are critical links in improving employee performance and increasing organizational productivity. Training directors use a variety of strategies to prepare competent, confident, and resourceful instructors. The author presents the essential factors to be…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Professional Training
Gangani, Noordeen; McLean, Gary N.; Braden, Richard A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
This article explores some of the major issues in developing and implementing a competency-based human resource development strategy. The article summarizes a brief literature review on how competency models can be developed and implemented to improve employee performance. A case study is presented of American Medical Systems (AMS), a mid-sized…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Models, Human Resources, Job Performance
Mockovak, William P. – 1981
A study entitled the Alternative Training Experiment (ATE) evaluated the effectiveness of a method for training census enumerators that involved new processes for developing instructional materials (called job performance aids) and new methods of instruction. During the study three pairs of census decentralized offices were matched on variables…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Followup Studies, Instructional Materials
Stull, James B.; And Others – 1986
Since research suggests that a direct relationship exists between effective orientation and employee productivity, careful consideration must be given to content, design, and delivery issues when developing orientation training programs for foreign-born employees. The United States typically does not provide adequate employee orientation.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Workers
Schatz, Steven; Schwen, Thomas M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
Dynamic Online Performance Support Systems (DOPSS) are a new class of intervention that can meet the needs of a quickly changing work force in an information age environment. These systems are customized for the target population, with unique meta tags, unique function sets, and dynamic growth for and by users in use. These unique tag sets allow…
Descriptors: Intervention, Internet, Case Studies, Educational Technology
Dubois, David D. – 1993
This book, which focuses on actual practitioners' experiences, outlines a systematic approach to improving individual workers' performance as part of an overall strategy for organizational change. Frameworks are provided for conceptualizing and implementing exemplary training practices. In addition, steps in achieving the practices and pitfalls to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceedings (St. Louis, Missouri, March 2-5, 1995).

Holton, Elwood F., III, Ed. – 1995
This document contains papers from 23 of 25 symposia held at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conference. Keynote speeches, symposium 6, and symposium 25 are not included. The 23 symposia are on the following topics: (1) HRD town forum; (2) core directions in HRD; (3) university instruction in HRD; (4) evaluation in HRD; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Context Effect, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
Thiel, Kathleen K. – 1985
Because of the changing nature of work in society, higher levels of basic skills in reading, writing, and computation are needed in all occupational areas, whether or not they are related to high technology. Although research on the relationship between job performance and basic skills is not definitive, it is clear that it is more important for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems