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Adopting Federal Oversight Community Standards into Hiring and Training
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Michael J. Rich – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In 2012, the Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) published the Blue Book that identified a framework for the Inspections and Evaluations (I&E) sub-community to the greater federal oversight community. These standards, or competencies, are the criteria for this applied research, which is designed to assist the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Training, Labor Standards, Federal Government
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
General Management Training Center.
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Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1972
A description of the courses and seminars given by the General Management Training Center of the U. S. Civil Service Commission to provide training opportunity for managers working in Washington metropolitan area at all levels of government is given. Categories of courses are: Entry Level Training; Supervisory Training; Management Training;…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Government Employees, Leadership Training, Management Development
Rescuing Training: Joining Learning and Application in a Federal Agency Training Program.
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Newell, Terry; And Others – Public Personnel Management, 1988
The Senior Managers Program of the U.S. Department of Education integrates training with on-the-job application of skills to provide a more effective learning environment and immediate results. Each training workshop is followed by an intervention in the participant's work unit, and teams work on agency problems identified by high-level officials.…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Employees, Management Development, Organizational Change
Older Dogs and New Tricks: Career Stage and Self-Assessed Need for Training.
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Guthrie, James P.; Schwoerer, Catherine E. – Public Personnel Management, 1996
A training needs survey was completed by 380 of 715 managers/supervisors in a state agency. Those in later career stages perceived less need for training in management, human resource management, communication skills; they reported lower levels of self-efficacy in training effectiveness and utility of training. There appeared to be a need to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Needs, Government Employees, Management Development
Management Training for Non-Managers.
Grant, Philip C. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1983
Explains why nonmanagers need management training and identifies some specific types of management training particularly useful for nonmanagers. The suggestions included are applicable to education, government, business, and industry. (JN)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Employees, Industrial Training
Employee Training and Development in the Public Service.
Byers, Kenneth T., Ed. – 1970
Fourth in a series on public personnel administration, this book discusses problems in personnel and organizational development (OD) and the resources potentially available to solve them, then indicates some of the ways in which employee development might be facilitated. Basic steps in the systems approach to development are outlined, followed by…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Educational Methods