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Cook, Jeannette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The applied dissertation project focused on the development of a comprehensive onboarding program and Trainer's Guide specifically developed for charter school management employees. Charter school education has grown significantly in the last several decades with over 6,100 charter schools that are currently serving students nationwide. Formal or…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Human Resources, Trainers, Teaching Guides
Sirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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Roberts, Cynthia; Coghlan, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
Drawing on their experience in a Midwest healthcare system, the authors propose a model of leadership development through action learning that embraces "concentric collaboration" at its core. The present study suggests that the process of concentric collaboration can serve to strengthen the skills of the individual leader as well as…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Experiential Learning, Cooperation, Organizational Change
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Ropponen, Timo – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. A truly global business, Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Organizational Development, Internet, Telecommunications
Kelly, Nancy – Training and Development Journal, 1982
Details a training program designed by the Zale Corporation to develop professional store management staff. Includes the specific goals, methodology, description, and results of the program, which has become an integral part of the Zale Corporation and a contributor to the success of the company. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Management Development, Program Effectiveness, Retailing
Chellino, Susan N.; Walker, Richard J. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1983
Instructional specialists in industry are usually also managers. They are responsible for addressing the skill and knowledge requirements of their employees as well as considering the overall needs of the organization. They provide effective training and solve organizational problems. (JOW)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Education Work Relationship, Industrial Training, Management Development
Keller, Jack; Piotrowski, Chris – 1986
Career development programs (CDPs) are a rather recent area of study in organizational and industrial psychology. The present study investigated the nature and evaluation of CDPs in Fortune 500 firms. Data were obtained by a mailed questionnaire completed by the firms' human resources directors. Of the 500 companies surveyed, only those 50 that…
Descriptors: Career Development, Corporate Education, Educational Needs, Management Development
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Murphy, Joseph; Hallinger, Philip – Journal of Educational Administration, 1989
Eleven approaches to administrator training representative of the new era are analyzed. Emphasized are pressure for changes, areas of weakness, common aspects emerging, and problems involved in the new movement in training. (84 references) (SI)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Educational Administration
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Mailick, Sidney; Hoberman, Solomon – Public Personnel Management, 1985
Describes a staff college designed to help Israeli managers deal with managerial and organizational problems and to increase their potential to learn on the job, improve current performance, and meet future challenges. Discusses characteristics of this approach, curriculum modules, role of the preceptor, and a comparison of this approach with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Job Performance, Job Skills, Management Development
Wagner, Richard J. – 1995
A 6-year study of outdoor-based management training (OMT) programs used traditional evaluation methods and new methods designed specifically for these unique programs. A survey of 1,000 training directors indicated that this type of training was very controversial. The next step was to use traditional training and organizational behavior…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Relationship
Freed, Jann E.; And Others – 1994
This study looked at how Total Quality Management (TQM) is being adopted in institutions of higher education. A questionnaire was developed seeking information on: (1) leadership of the TQM movement and timing of events; (2) the training, educating, and informing of employees; (3) specific areas using TQM and the specific statistical tools being…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Administration, College Faculty, Colleges
Begley, Paul T.; Cousins, J. Bradley – 1990
Issues in preservice preparation of Canadian school administrators, with a focus on the effectiveness of a principal certification course implemented by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), are described. A review of current preservice practices in Canada concludes that traditional programs are issues oriented and lack conceptual…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Certification
Wills, Gordon – 1990
Home study is practiced by most managers, who read or write reports, reflect on work projects and problems, and catch up on professional journals at home. A goal of home study advocates is to make such home study as useful as possible. A management development process known in England as action learning requires that 60 percent of study be done at…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Home Study
Olmstead, Joseph A.; Galloway, Devah R. – 1980
Literature concerned with management and supervisory training was reviewed and analyzed from the perspective of relative effectiveness of various training methods for improving knowledge and awareness, changing attitudes, improving problem-solving skills, improving interpersonal skills, and improving on-the-job performance. Conclusions were drawn…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Human Relations, Interpersonal Competence
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on feedback systems held at a conference on human resource development (HRD). The first paper, "The Role of Feedback in Management Development Training" (K. Peter Kuchinke), reports on a survey-based study that investigated the role of feedback in nine management development training…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
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