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How Long Should a Training Program Be? A Field Study of "Rules-of-Thumb"
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Cole, Nina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: This study aims to examine the question of how long a behavioral skills training program should be in order to result in measurable behavioral change. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical field study was conducted to compare two different lengths of time for a managerial skills training program aimed at achieving behavioral change.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Self Efficacy, Behavior Change, Management Development
Questioning the Effectiveness of Behavior Modeling Training in an Industrial Setting.
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Russell, James S.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1984
Investigated the impact of behavior modeling training in an industrial plant on male supervisors (N=44) using Kirkpatrick's (1976) four levels of evaluation. Results indicated no behavior or performance change with behavior modeling and re-emphasized the need to use Kirkpatrick's evaluation method to measure training program effectiveness. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Industrial Training, Job Performance, Management Development
Some Views on Management Training
Elkins, Aaron – Personnel Journal, 1977
Discusses a study which examined the results of five basic management seminars for government supervisors and managers to determine the impact of "Basic Management" on trainees' behavior after they returned to their jobs. Notes that the findings cast doubts on some things that have long been part of the conventional wisdom of management training.…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Education, Behavior Change, Educational Research
An Evaluation of Management Training, Part III: Changes in Work Behaviour.
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Brook, J. A.; And Others – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1984
Self-reports and personal interviews were used to measure the effects of a management training course on the work behavior of scientists who supervise research teams. A longitudinal design evaluated effects on performance at three, six, and 12 months following training, with some gradual decline in behavior occurring. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Longitudinal Studies
Public Speaking Training: A Study of Longitudinal Effects.
Sussman, Lyle; Matthews, Jack – 1979
Six months after a public speaking workshop was conducted for 15 business executives, the participants were interviewed to determine the longitudinal effects of the training. The interviews were designed to find out which participants reported the greatest behavioral change, whether the training produced any carry-over effects, and what aspects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Followup Studies
An Efficacious Theory-Based Intervention for Stepfamilies
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Forgatch, Marion S.; DeGarmo, David S.; Beldavs, Zintars G. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
This article evaluates the efficacy of the Oregon model of Parent Management Training (PMTO) in the stepfamily context. Sixty-seven of 110 participants in the Marriage and Parenting in Stepfamilies (MAPS) program received a PMTO-based intervention. Participants in the randomly assigned experimental group displayed a large effect in benefits to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Family (Sociological Unit)