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Download full textMontgomery, Joel R. – 1996
Andersen Consulting is a global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to boost clients' success by teaching them to link strategy, people, processes, and technology. Andersen's professional development program for its own 41,000-person global work force is designed to help adults learn to deliver value to global…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Case Studies, Corporate Education
Johnson, Richard S. – 1993
The purpose of this book was to assist trainers in developing the skills that must be involved in a total quality management (TQM) training program. The book is organized into 17 chapters that cover the following topics: understanding the need, organizational requirements, training and the bottom line, training and organizational change, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, On the Job Training, Organizational Development
Jones, Merrick, Ed.; Mann, Pete, Ed. – 1992
This anthology contains 16 papers devoted to 3 aspects of human resources development (HRD): the institutional perspective on learning for development, the key actors in HRD, and the role of HRD in improving individual and organizational performance. The papers are: "Human Resources Development and Adjustment" (Kanawaty);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Policy, Experiential Learning
Burke, Lisa A., Ed. – 2001
Designed for front-line training professionals, this book addresses the most pressing issues in the training and development field (T&D). "Introduction" (Lisa A. Burke) discusses the importance of viewing training as a subsystem of human resources, training as a systematic process, and indicators of high impact training.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Technology, Human Resources, Job Skills
Carter, A.; Hirsh, W.; Aston, J. – 2002
A study explored current practice in organizing and resourcing training and development (T&D) using survey responses from over 100 major private and public sector employers and case studies of T&D functions in 6 organizations. Business drivers for T&D were senior management as customers; diagnosis of training as "the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Corporate Education, Developed Nations
2002
This document contains three papers on strategic human resource (HR) development. "Strategic HR Orientation and Firm Performance in India" (Kuldeep Singh) reports findings from a study of Indian business executives that suggests there is a positive link between HR policies and practices and workforce motivation and loyalty and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Competition, Cooperative Planning
Sanguinetti, Jill – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's food processing industry training package were examined in two case studies of training at two food processing facilities in Victoria. The first case study involved a large pasta factory that had approximately 270 employees and a contract with a registered…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Kelly, Ann; Searle, Jean – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's civil construction industry training package were examined in a case study in Queensland. Data were collected through the following activities: interviews with trainers, workplace teachers, and workers; observations of training at an on-site training session on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
