This article presents "Training" magazine's exclusive analysis of the U.S. training industry, featuring 2011 training expenditures, budgetary allocations, delivery methods, and training priorities. Now in its 30th year, The Industry Report is recognized as the training industry's most trusted source of data on budgets, staffing, and…

The author looks at some of the myths floating around about whether and how a company should use films in its training programs. (Author)

Based on a survey carried out during 1973, the authors discuss the use and development of various instructional techniques and media in industry. (Authors)

Presents training program components for environmental consulting and testing positions: (1) preparation, (2) conducting the training, and (3) evaluating the training. (MCO)

Article outlines the benefits of an organized induction program for manpower development. (GB)

Shows how industrial relations affect and are affected by actions taken at all levels of an organization. (Author/LF)

The author discusses three training approaches in teaching industrial relations--"systematic" training, problem solving, and learning for uncertainty. (BP)

If schools of education diversify and emphasize the value of their programs for those who wish to teach in business and industry, they can reduce their dependency on the job market for public school teachers and solve the problem of teacher quality. (DCS)

Investigated the task performance of laboratory work groups whose members were trained together or alone. Group members trained together recalled more about assembly procedures and produced better-quality radios than groups whose members were trained alone. Group training improved group performance by enhancing transactive memory systems among…

A descriptive study was conducted to identify and define different types of short-term vocational education training programs in community colleges and to report on the benefits of the selected short-term programs as compared to the long-term offerings at the respective community colleges. Because this is an unresearched area, this phase I study…

The 1968 training research register of the British Department of Employment and Productivity lists and classifies current and recently completed projects, and indicates the range of research in the training and closely related fields. It is arranged according to a classification system based on nine main schedules: National Considerations; The…

The book describes what must happen within an organization, both to its framework and its operations and to its instructional-learning process, if the organization and its employees are going to learn and adapt to their work tasks and roles. The major finding was that productive results occur primarily when training and learning are integrated…

Any new product or system demands that both user and producer adapt. The impact of technological change on people and training is illustrated by the introduction of color television in France, Germany, and England. Training was necessary at several levels before the mass production of color television sets could begin. The production and…