The Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the American Society for Training and Development has adopted the first code of ethics for the training and development profession. (EB)

A Train-The-Trainer program must include technique and skill training; but of greater improtance is having him become aware, accept his role of assisting the learning process and recognize that his real function is helping people grow. (Author/EB)

Describes facilitative training which recognizes that unidirectional imparting of knowledge is a limited view of training, and that involvement, accountability, and feedback are essential elements for effective learning. (Author/JOW)

Training and development experts Robert Blake and Jane Mouton formulate 11 significant issues facing the human resource development profession. (SK)

A set of guidelines for developing trainers into creators, planners, and controllers are presented. These guidelines are offered as a brief refresher to experienced trainers and as fundamentals for trainers new to their job. (Author/DS)

This article offers 14 practical guidelines that can help pave the way to credibility for the training department in an organization. (Author)

The authors report data from a survey of perception of training from the viewpoint of the organization, the trainee, and the trainer. The article also presents a sample of the strategies traditionally available for improving these perceptions. (CT)

If trainers do not understand the implications of the research into people at work that has taken place over the past 60 years, their visions are going to be flawed and incomplete. The key to the future and effectiveness of managements and organizations lies in that research. (Author)

To find out if professional periodicals and books are really being read, the American Management Association and the American Society for Training and Development made a joint national survey of the reading habits of three thousand training managers randomly selected from their memberships. Charts of the 801 responses are presented and discussed.…

Discusses the importance of training for information technology trainers. Describes the team approach used by the Mobay Corporation to overcome the problem of matching trainers' skills to the task of developing training programs. (JOW)

Summarizes the methodology and products of the American Society for Training and Development-sponsored study to define excellence in training and development (T&D). These include a human resource wheel, future influences on the field, lists of roles and outcomes in T&D, a competency model, role profiles and clusters, and a matrix of roles…

To improve an ongoing training session, the author suggests holding 20- to 30-minute evaluation meetings at the end of each day. Trainers and representative trainees identify learning problems, air issues, and propose modifications for the next class or session. (SK)

Human resources development and training are not suited to everyone. A practical, time-saving process for people wanting to become trainers includes (1) assessing relevant skills and interests; (2) researching organizations; (3) learning basic business operations; (4) learning the training process; (5) developing a chronological resume; (6)…

The author describes the various approaches of identifying personnel capable of conducting training sessions. (JB)

An interview with Frederick E. Fisher, vice president, National Training and Development Service for State and Local Government (NTDS), is presented. (SC)