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Bassi, Laurie J.; Van Buren, Mark E. – Training and Development, 1999
This condensed version of the American Society for Training and Development's annual state of the industry report highlights the practices that distinguish leading-edge firms from average organizations in how and to what degree they train. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Tables (Data), Training
Bassi, Laurie J.; Cheney, Scott – Training and Development, 1997
Provides survey data from 55 large, multinational companies on outsourcing, training expenditures, learning technologies, delivery systems, and performance evaluation. Notes an increase in outsourcing, centralized training, classroom delivery, and use of the Internet. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Corporate Education, Tables (Data)
Bassi, Laurie J.; Cheney, Scott – Training and Development, 1996
Comparisons of the training practices of large companies confirm that the delivery and financing of training is changing rapidly. Companies in the American Society for Training and Development Benchmarking Forum are delivering less training with permanent staff and more with strategic use of technology, contract staff, and external providers,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Michel, Susan L.; Lavitt, Darryl Ann – Training and Development, 1992
Suggests that adults learn more easily when material is linked to knowledge that they already have. Offers tools such as structured overviews, effective graphics, and conceptual maps and discusses the use of case studies in corporate training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Corporate Education, Prior Learning
Kimmerling, George – Training and Development, 1993
Describes the American Society for Training and Development's Benchmarking Forum, a cooperative venture among companies with strong financial and organizational commitments to employee training. Participants will identify training's best practices and generate comparative data to set a standard for their individual efforts. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Cooperative Planning, Corporate Education
Meister, Jeanne C. – Training and Development, 1998
A corporate university is an educational institution run by a company that functions as the umbrella for a firm's total education requirements. Such institutions often use innovations such as satellite-based and Web-based learning. Training professionals take on new roles such as technology specialists, alliance managers, and account managers.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Corporate Education, Trainers
Bassi, Laurie J.; Van Buren, Mark E. – Training and Development, 1998
Displays responses from 540 organizations plus other recent surveys that show how much training is provided at what cost, types of courses provided, training staff, outsourcing, technological delivery methods, and human performance practices. Also looks at whether measures show that training is linked to performance. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Curriculum Development, Job Performance
