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Jarvis, Mary I. – 1997
Project ALERT, a 3-year Wayne State University workplace education program in partnership with 5 varied worksites in metropolitan Detroit, developed replicable workplace literacy models. A review of literature provided information on how and why adults learn. A needs assessment and on-site observations were conducted to determine which sets of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Industrial Education
Sleezer, Catherine M. – 1990
A Performance Analysis for Training (PAT) Model was developed and validated for use in analyzing an organization's performance needs that can be solved with training. The PAT Model incorporated the perspectives of both theorists and practitioners on training needs assessment. Three training needs assessment experts evaluated its content and face…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Inplant Programs, Job Performance
Bone, John – 1988
A study examined training and staff development initiatives in Australian industrial and commercial organizations. It was carried out using a questionnaire and structured interview technique with 24 organizations. Larger organizations had their own facilities and trained in-house whereas smaller organizations made more use of Technical and Further…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training, Inplant Programs
Moore, Richard W.; Addy, Ronald; Blake, Daniel R.; Gorman, Philip C.; Herczeg, Claire F.; Phillips, G. Michael; Shipley, Daniella – 2002
Evaluation of the role of structured on-site training (SOST) in the Employment Training Panel's (ETP's) training program involved 10 case studies of active ETP projects with SOST, survey of 50 recently closed projects with SOST, face-to-face interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders, Delphi survey of consultants, and quantitative analysis…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contract Training, Employment Programs, Experiential Learning
Beyond Training: A Field Test of the American Society for Training & Development's Workplace Basics.
Foucar-Szocki, Diane L. – 1992
In 1991, a project studied implementation of the American Society for Training and Development's Workplace Basics model. Field testing was conducted in two Virginia industries: Corning Incorporated in Waynesboro and American Safety Razor (ASR) in Verona. Corning had fewer than 100 employees and an 85 percent female work force; it had shifted from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Development, Case Studies
Nagy, Mark C.; Gregory, Lynn W. – 1984
This report contains findings from a study to examine the impact of Pennsylvania's Customized Job Training (CJT) program upon clients (trainees), business/industry, local education agencies (LEAs), and local communities and the commonwealth. Chapter 1 details study purposes, design, and procedures. Chapter 2 presents a summary description of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Entry Workers, Improvement Programs, Inplant Programs
Munoz, Maria D.; Munoz, Marco A. – 2000
Training interventions can be evaluated by calculating return on investment (ROI) and cost-benefit analysis. The four-level model proposed by Kirkpatrick is the dominant evaluation model used. Calculating ROI has been a critical issue for trainers and executives, but only a few organizations have implemented the process that is considered as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Harwood, R. Frank – 1978
A study was conducted to determine what is being done to develop leadership capabilities of first-line supervisors. Data was collected through interviews, examinations of company training literature, and primary resource materials at 125 manufacturing plants in fifty states which, in the aggregate, employ more than 155,000 production workers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Objectives
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1995
This curriculum guide resulted from a project conducted to: (1) improve the productivity and efficiency of 21 companies by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs; and (2) to improve the capability of educational providers to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing and financial…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competence
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
Recent Australian research provides a solid body of evidence that training investments can yield very high levels of returns for firms across a range of sectors. It highlights these important factors about returns on investment (ROI): ROI come in many forms; immediate ROI are highest when training is highly focused; measuring ROI is not always…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Developed Nations, Educational Economics
Guam Community Coll., Agana. Office of the State Agency for Vocational and Adult Education. – 1992
The 1992 activities in support of the goals described in the Guam State Plan for Adult Education focused on curriculum development and evaluation. Three major programs offered 48 daytime and 101 evening classes for students at 6 sites. The primary components of the adult education instructional programs were adult high school, General Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
1999
These four papers are from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) in the United Kingdom. "HRD and Psychological Contracts: A Case Study of Lifelong Learning" (Graeme Martin, Judy Pate, Jim McGoldrick) explores the influence of a lifelong learning program on employee perceptions of their psychological contracts in a longitudinal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Development
Connector, 1996
Four newsletter issues address aspects of adult immigrant education for employment. The first focuses on the manufacturing industry, with articles describing a Pima County Adult Education (Arizona) program concerning quality standards, an El Paso Community College (Texas) program for employees of companies in transition, and survey results on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1995
A project was conducted for the following purposes: (1) improve the productivity and efficiency of 21 companies by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs; and (2) improve the capability of educational providers to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing and financial services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Jurmo, Paul – 1995
The report summarizes results of an evaluation of "The Cutting Edge," a workplace education program operated by El Paso Community College (Texas) with funding from the National Workplace Literacy Program. The project had tow main goals: to field test and refine curricula at a number of workplace sites, and to prepare products and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Cooperation
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